Consequences of His Actions

Lucian stood in the middle of the room staring at the dress Thea left pooled on the floor in a daze. His mind knew that Thea's words held a deeper meaning than whether this dress was easy to get out of or not. But his thought process was frozen in one repeated thought.

Thea's eyes... They were so cold even when she was smiling. Since when did her eyes change like that? Her radiant bright eyes were his favorite part about her whenever she smiled. Why was she changing?

Slowly walking to the dress, he knelt and picked it up. It was heavy and thick. perhaps mirroring the state of his heart. It was heavy and frozen in fear of what he knew was true but refused to admit.

When Thea emerged from the room, she was wearing jeans and a hoodie.

"Are you going somewhere?" He asked feeling his heart clench when he realized that whatever was happening, Thea seemed to have already made up her mind.

"I'm not needed anymore, you got your marriage contract, I got my mother's charity back, and just for th