But Leila couldn't take it. She couldn't hear him right now, couldn't face him. The thought of him seeing her, of him truly seeing her, was too much. She didn't want to be pitied, didn't want his sympathy.
"Stop it please " She whispered, her voice barely audible, choked by tears. "Please. Just stop. You don't get it. I'm not like the other girls. I'm not pretty enough for you. I'm too... too much." She hated how her voice trembled, how weak she sounded. "You deserve better."
There was a long silence on the other end of the line with Leila's breathing grew shallow every second as she waited for him to respond, to tell her that it was all a mistake, that they could pretend this hadn't happened.
But when Tyrell finally spoke, it wasn't what she expected.