Part 2- Chapter 17

Maria's pov-

It has been three days since I committed what I feel to be the biggest mistake of my life.

Carlos had left come morning, I didn't see him leave but by the time I had awoken he was gone without so much as a goodbye.

Not that Lucien would allow us to ever be in the same room again. He made that more than clear with his threat.

Lucien was still mad at me, in fact I don't think mad is the correct word. He barely even acknowledges me.

Every morning when I wake up he is already gone, the sheets on his side of the bed are always cold. The only sign I had that he would sleep on the bed with me was the soft kiss he placed on my head every night before rolling over and facing the other direction.

He was beyond mad. I didn't know if this was him punishing me, it sure as hell felt like it. It was torture to know that I had hurt him so bad that he