Dangerous Hope

~DONOVAN'S POV~

The silence in my study felt like a tomb after Dominic hung up. I stared at the broken pieces of my phone scattered across the Persian rug, remembering how I had thrown it in rage.

Just like I had thrown away everything good in my life.

‘Why? Why?’

The questions tormented me, but deep down, I knew the answers. I knew exactly why Valerie had run. Because I had become the monster eve