Chapter 99

Calla felt a myriad of emotions rush through her.

No wonder Mercer had said that he was going to Morvenia on a business trip. Atlas didn't have any business there at all; he had gone there for Sophie, the woman in front of Calla right now.

Calla felt her gut twist. She had believed Mercer wholeheartedly.

"Since the two of you are so in love, why didn't you stay together?" Calla knew that it was dumb of her, but she still decided to ask.

Sophie turned to look out of the huge glass windows, as if she was reminiscing about the past.

"My family and Mercer's family were friends, and we grew up together. We were classmates in high school and at college, so naturally, we got together. Both of our families were very happy about it. After all, our standings are evenly matched."

The thinly veiled jab about her family made Calla uncomfortable. She knew that she and Mercer were not of the same status at all, and they had never crossed paths before now. That said, Calla hadn't expected So