Before she could find her voice, Mika spoke.
"Hold on, Nadia." His voice was calm, measured. "I think you're misunderstanding the situation."
"Misunderstanding?" Her eyes narrowed. "I just watched you sleep with another man's wife. The empress of an entire realm. What is there to misunderstand?"
He didn't flinch. "I did sleep with her. I won't deny that. I had my fun, and she had hers." He paused. "But I won't accept the label of someone who ruins happy relationships."
She stared at him. "What are you saying? I just saw—"
"You saw me having sex with her, yes. But what if their relationship wasn't as happy as you think"
"What if there was disharmony?"
"What if one party was completely unfaithful long before I ever entered the picture?"
She went still.
"What if the husband was holding secrets that would destroy everything you think you know about their 'perfect' marriage?"
Her mouth opened. Closed. Opened again.
