Chapter 44 A Small Surprise (Part Two)

• "That's the whole truth about me, Rafael." She finished, waiting for him to speak. "I only wished I told you before I seduced you the second time." Her beautiful violet eyes focus somewhere beyond him. Avoiding the intensity of his stare.
• He released a heavy sigh and pinched the bridge of his nose before speaking. "My family was massacred by Lemonte and his men eight years ago. At the old hacienda. They made me watch as they took turns raping my youngest sister, and mother, and tortured my father." Abruptly, he stood from the chair he was occupying and paced like a caged animal. "I was not supposed to be alive. But for some reason, I survived despite the bullet wounds on my chest." He laughed bitterly.
• When he turned to face her, he was surprised to find her close to him. He stepped back. He wouldn't be able to continue if she touched him for fear of crumbling in her arms. "I took my revenge, my angel. One by one I hunted them and killed them in the cruelest of ways. I am a monster. I have demons. I was a shadow of a man when we first met. I was never worthy of you."