Chapter 68

• Talia sat upright, pushed her shoulders back, and tilted her chin up. “I’m well enough. Besides, we need to figure things out before my mother comes.”
• Rafe chortled. The one time he’d met the woman she’d expressed her disdain towards him and her disapproval of their relationship very clearly. She hated him the moment she saw him, and Talia explained she was bitter over her father’s abandonment so she took it out on the rest of the male population. But Rafe always thought the instant hate was over the fact that her daughter had found happiness in the arms of a man and she was jealous.
• The last thing he needed was the bitter woman making matters worse.