The room went silent. The only sound was the hum of the heater and the pounding of my own heart.
"She hurts me," Leon had whispered.
Those three words hung in the air like smoke. They shattered everything. My calmness, my fear of Gary, my guilt about the past, it all vanished.
Suddenly, I was seeing red. A hot, burning rage filled my chest.
I froze, staring at the little boy in my arms.
I didn't know Serena. I had never met her. Until ten seconds ago, she was just a name. She was just the "other woman."
Actually, I felt sorry for her. When I woke up in bed with Luca and saw the wedding ring, my first thought was about her. I thought, Oh no, that poor girl. We just cheated on her. She is innocent, and we betrayed her.
I thought she was a victim. I thought she was a nice, young lady
