Selene could feel her heart beating rapidly inside her chest as she walked into the shopping complex, forcing herself not to glance back at the car for fear that Nikolas might suspect something.
She didn't have a single friend in this building. Everything she had told Nikolas had been a lie, and the guilt of it settled deep into her bones.
But she'd had no choice.
There was no way she could let him take her home to the fake address she had given him.
No way she could let him see the son she had been trying so desperately to keep hidden.
Because one thing was certain,if Nikolas ever met her son, he would notice the similarities. And then he would start asking questions. He would want to know who the whereabouts of the father
Or maybe she was just being paranoid. Either way, she was willing to do whatever it took to keep him as faraway from Cyrus as possible.
