Margot POV
“Because I love you.”
The words were finally out.
I’d carried them for so long.
I’d imagined saying them differently.
Rhett only gave a haughty laugh. “You love me.”
My heart cracked. “Is that supposed to be special?”
He looked away. “Every Omega who gets close to me says they love me.”
I felt my fingers tremble.
He continued. “Love isn’t proof of anything.”
So he had known. All this time. He had known.
The glances I thought I’d hidden.
The jealousy I’d swallowed.
The times I’d wanted to be closer and forced myself to step back.
He had seen everything. And it meant nothing to him.
My eyes burned. “I know you don’t love me.”
My voice shook. “But you don’t get to decide I’m guilty just because you don’t believe me.”
I forced myself to continue.
“On the twelfth,
