Chapter 129: "I don't care."

Roman's pov.

“I would never leave you for Hunter Roman.”

Scarlett’s voice is little more than a whisper yet I hear it deep in my soul.

She scoffs and when I turn to face her she looks disbelieving and mildly irritated like the thought of it annoys her. Like whatever she’s thinking of is so downright ugly that she can’t even bear the thought.

“I mean who would leave you for him? What kind of a person would see you and know you, and still choose a man like Hunter?”

The anger in Scarlett’s voice drips some life into my veins and just like that, the dark clouds are gone. There’s something about her every action that makes me feel she’s the most endearing person I'll ever meet.

And the answer to her question is known to both of us because someone did. My mate did.

Elara who I loved fiercely and refused to forget even five years after she was taken from me.

I had shown her myself, shared moments of happiness with her, but while she smiled in front of me, she cheated behind my back. A