Chapter 143

Maren stood in the cold, her skin pale and her lips chapped, with tears pooling in her eyes, and she was the most beautiful woman it crushed what was left of his heart.

And she was begging him to allow the bastard walk.

"Baby, please. He's not worth destroying you. You are better than he would want you to be, so much more."

Steam rose from her mouth as she spoke, her hair flying, save for the part