Lila’s POV
I paused at the door, one hand on the frame, my back to him. The humiliation burned like acid in my veins. My own son, had just thrown me out like a common w***e who had overstayed her welcome. The words he had spat at me still rang in my ears. Broke. Desperate. Useless. How dare he speak to me like that? After everything I had endured to bring him into this world.
I turned slowly, my lips curving into a cold, knowing smile despite the rage boiling inside me. “You think you know everything, don’t you, Damien? You think I’m the only monster in this story. But let me tell you something before I leave. I wasn’t the one who put that envelope in Elena’s wedding gown. I may have wanted to destroy your little fantasy, but someone else beat me to it. Someone who wants her even more th
