EPOV

"I don't want to be a part of this." Bella told me on the call.

Marcus was right! Tanya and her team were going to contact her!

"Yeah, I know." I said, "I'm sorry about that. I also don't want you to be part of this mess. I..."

"Look... I'm not interested in your divorce or any of your fucking bullshit... I don't give a damn about that... But if it affects my daughter in any way, you're going to see the worst of me!" she raised her voice.

She just... loved to fight with me, didn't she?

"I will make sure it doesn't affect either of you." I tried to keep my anger in check, "And for your information, she is also my daughter! Although you had no intention of ever telling me about her..."

"You didn't deserve to know about her anyway!" she said.

I felt like punching something in anger.

"Oh really? Please tell me why I didn't deserve to know about her." I said.

"Because... Because..."

"What? Give me one valid reason!" I snapped.

"Because you wouldn't have given a damn about her anyway!" she said,

"Oh really? Why do you think so?" I asked.

"Because you don't give a damn about anybody. You didn't give a damn about me." she said.

"Oh, how exactly I didn't give a damn about you?" I asked, "Just because I went for drinks with my ex? It wasn't a fucking a date! My other friends were also there."

"You... You... You got engaged within seven months of our breakup. You got married so soon. Why did you do it if you loved me as claimed?" she said, "You're a liar and you don't care about anybody!"

"Excuse me? My personal life is none of your business." I said.

Yeah, I had fucked it up, but I wasn't going to admit it to her anyway!

"Do you know what's the actual problem?" I said, "You're an insecure, egoistic bitch, and you couldn't handle the fact that I didn't come back to you after we broke up. You didn't like that I didn't beg you to come back, and that made you go crazy! That's the only reason you decided to keep her away from me."

"Shut up!" She shouted.

"Shout as much as you want." I said, "It's not going to change the fact!"