Viya's POV
Sitting quietly across the room, I could tell these words were meant as an explanation for me, though I couldn't care less.
I kept my eyes down, sipping fruit juice from my glass, yet I could feel a piercing gaze resting on me.
Instinctively, I knew it was Caesar's.
By evening, the food Caesar had ordered from a private restaurant arrived precisely at dinnertime.
When everyone sat down, they unanimously left the seat beside Lucius empty for me.
Darren smiled and said, "Viya, sit here."
"All right."
I didn't believe that divorce made us enemies, so I took my seat gracefully.
But as soon as I sat down, someone stepped on the top of my foot.
I instinctively tried to pull away, but the person wouldn't lift their foot. I looked down and then straight a
