Chapter 33: Eye Opener

Eye Opener

Chapter 33: Eye Opener

ROYAL POV

I could barely hear or witness anything that happened over the pulse pounding in my ears the entire time. I don’t know what I feared the most between the idea of Kenya witnessing Luke and his cabal of snakes shredding me to pieces and demanding half of the money I managed to work for, or the simple fact that Luke found my weakness and was using it against me.

I have no idea how he found out about Kenya, or how he even learned that she was one thing I valued more than money; yet here he was, making sure I rued the day I fucked that fake-assed bambolina he used to call a fiancee.

But it was clear I underestimated him and his resources.

During the entire hearing, I could barely focus on what was said, and my mind kept drifting to the entity sitting at the back of the courtroom. When our gazes collided, she’d looked confused, shocked to see me there; but something else had landed in her gaze.

Realization. The acceptance that what I’d sai