Lina stared at Lucien as though she had just discovered he had forgotten how to speak.
Was he serious?
After everything that had happened between them, did he honestly think she would fall into the same trap twice?
She was not foolish enough to let Lucien pull her back into the past simply because he had suddenly decided he regretted his choices.
For once, Lina did not even bother hiding the disbelief in her eyes. She looked at him for several seconds before deciding there was absolutely nothing she could say that would make him understand what she had already made clear.
Her gaze shifted to Julian instead.
She had barely gathered her thoughts when Julian spoke first.
"Lina, I know what you're about to say."
His voice was quieter than Lucien's, but there was something painfully sincere beneath it.
