“I don’t know what to say anymore.” The finality of her tone chilled me to the core. “So that’s it? You’re dumping me?” They’d all left me. But she had stayed. I’d expected . . . “No, Lucian. I’m not going to leave you. I’m telling you how I feel. That the idea of you doing this terrifies me and breaks my heart.” She pressed her fist to her chest. “This is your choice. You decide where we go from here.” “Sounds an awful lot like an ultimatum to me, Em.”
