Chapter 63

Seth stumbled backward after the revelation. He clutched his head tightly as he dropped to a crouch. He couldn't tell if the water streaming down his cheeks was the rain or his tears. He couldn't tell if he was trembling from the cold or something else. All he could feel was the excruciating pain in his chest, so agonizing that he felt suffocated. He had thought that Layla would be open-minded enough to quickly move on from their failed marriage. That belief was the decisive factor in his asking for a divorce for Clarissa's sake. He knew that Benjamin had misunderstood her, but to keep his son, he chose to remain silent and allowed Layla to bear it all. Seth slammed his fists repeatedly against his head as the memories flooded back. What kind of bastard was he to be so cruel to a woman who loved him deeply? There was no sympathy on Mark's face at Seth's outburst. Instead, he warned the other man coldly, "Every step you take toward Layla will only rip open the scars you caused her