Lucius's POV
I froze. How could I explain this to her? Our relationship was already hanging by a thread. If I told her I'd been searching for another woman all this time—a girl who had saved my life—would that be the final cut?
Sometimes I didn't understand myself. My heart had been fixated on finding Vivi for years, yet I couldn't accept Viya's suggestion that we should each go our separate ways.
The mere thought of her with another man—her smiling up at him, his hands on her waist, his scent marking what was mine—made my chest constrict until I could barely breathe.
I looked at her clean, innocent features and lied for my own selfish reasons. "Maybe she's afraid I'll be upset with her or something."
"That's all?" Viya clearly didn't believe me.
"Yes, that's all," I no
