Chapter 125

~ Rayel’s POV

My heart shattered into a million pieces. Years of love, devotion, poured down the drain. The woman I thought I knew, the woman I had built a future with was a stranger. The truth, a bitter pill coated in sugar, sat heavy in my gut.

"You... love someone else and have never loved me?" My voice barely rose above a whisper, the words scraping against my raw throat.

Hazel scoffed, a sound that sent shivers down my spine. "Loved? Please, Rayel. It was never love. It was convenient. A way to pass the time." The coldness in her voice sent a fresh wave of nausea crashing over me.

"And now you want out?" I managed, the question laced with a desperate hope that maybe, just maybe, this was all a twisted joke.

Hazel's smile returned, but this time it was devoid of warmth, a predatory glint flashing in her eyes. "Exactly. And wouldn't it be a grand gesture of your love to let me go quietly? A final act of selflessness before I return to the arms of someone who actually deserves me."