Before I continue, Sebastian’s voice cut in, low and direct. “Ivy, have I ever truly known you? I am convinced that this is your sister I am speaking to right now.”
I went still. What did he mean by that?
I found myself laughing instead. “That’s interesting, Alpha Sebastian. But the more prevalent question would be, did you ever really care about me?”
I hadn’t meant to say it. I had planned to disappear quietly. But the words left my lips like the swing of a blade.
The line remained silent.
And yet, I could still hear his breathing, those steady, familiar breaths that once lulled me to sleep. Now, all it made me feel was used and dirty. I hated him. I hated myself. I hated that I was foolish enough to spend two years devoted, entirely in love with a man who could do something so disgu
