Chapter 36

Still, the fact that she had jumped to the conclusion that he was guilty without real evidence? Unforgivable. No way he'd let her off the hook so easily. Leaning across the desk with a twisted grin, Lucian gripped her shoulders. His handsome face leaned in way too close to hers. "Why no police report? Couldn't bear to? Still got feelings for me? Or was the time we spent together too good to forget? Fell for me, huh?" Tears welled up in Ariella's eyes, and that actually made him feel a bit better. Just one sentence and she was already breaking? Did she even realize how much worse it felt being falsely accused? He was a thousand times more miserable than she could ever imagine. Ariella clenched her fists so tight her knuckles went white-she was this close to punching that smug face of his. Cruel? Check. Shameless? Double check. But the worst part? She still couldn't bring herself to send him to prison. What the hell was wrong with her? She took a deep breath, forcing down all the anger a