The Love He Destroyed, My New Power

udden impact rattling my teeth. A searing pain bloomed on my cheek, followed by

me as if I was something dirty, something to be discarded. Then, he slowly lowered his ha

laced with ice and disgust. "You're stressing

eding, the one whose world had just imploded, and I was being accused

e coppery taste confirmed the bite inside my cheek. It wasn't the first time he'd lost control when Kassi

ngratulate you? To throw you a party for abandoning me and our child for another woman? For another family?" My voice rose, a

ost of the old Jaxon, passing through his e

s the calm before the storm, the calm of a predator. "Kassie is... she's very delica

Temporary?" I echoed, a bitter laugh escaping my lips. "Wh

me out," he pleaded, his voice softer now. "I'm with her because she needs

s. Then we can get married. I promise you, in one year's time, we will have the wedding we always dreamed of." He lo

n some distant point beyond his

e was standing by the door of the examination room, her hands on her hips

hoice laid out before him. Without a word, he released my arm, t

idor. In that moment, I understood the stark difference between love and cold, calcul