Cancelled (3)

Song recommendation: Before you go—Lewis Capaldi. 

I thought about it a lot while writing this chapter XO

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She slid the ring off her finger but he stopped her before it was halfway off. 

"Why?" He asked. 

"Why?" The question was a laugh on her tongue. "Because I can't do this anymore. My only remaining family is in danger. This is the only way I can save her." 

He couldn't believe it. He pulled her into the apartment to get her out of the hallway. "Are you implying my family attacked Sianna? Last I checked, it was a member of La Rose Noire. At least it seemed so from your speculation." 

"My speculation was wrong. It was a rogue who should have been dead ages ago but because he isn't, your family got a hold of him and used him to go after my mother." She was overwhelmed. "I'm sorry, Carlos. We have to end this engagement." 

"We don't 'have' to do anything."