"That I would have given you a divorce."
She stiffened at that. Her breathing had stopped for a moment. Her fingers had been tapping on the arm of the seat, and they too had stopped.
Tilting her face a bit, she blinked and breathed. "what?" She whispered.
"You heard it." He pointed. "Do not act like you do not understand it. You have more calibre than that."
"And what do you know about my calibre?" She asked in an accusing tone. Alexis noticed that she had stopped yelling altogether. She talked in a calm voice with a cold expression on her face that she had copied from him and that made her feel more mature.
Somewhere, she had to agree, it made her feel invincible.
"Don't I?" He taunted with a sigh. "I thought I knew that instead of surrendering to everyone, you would flourish in this lifestyle and look at you." His eyes looked at her up and down. "Have you not?"
