Chapter 172: A Final Chase

Maria felt like someone had just punched a hole through her chest. Sarkon had just told her that he was also involved with Claude's sister and Paris's stepmother for business gains. But he never slept with either of them. She didn't want to hear another word from him. She wanted to walk away. She wanted to leave. She couldn't think. She couldn't understand what was going on. Why was all this happening? How could he act so selfishly? Maria stared at the man standing in front of her, his thick brows in a heavy frown and his blue sparkles shining with anger and desperation. His mouth was moving, but Maria couldn't catch a word he was saying. His deep voice was pulled into a churning mesh of sounds as if they were underwater. "Maria?" She lifted her emerald eyes and met his worried blue gaze. She tried to come up with plausible reasons for the choices he made and the actions he took. No matter how hard she tried, she disagreed with them all. She remembered her father and how