章 317: And then he lied

Kaley's Pov

I exhaled shakily and looked at him…at Owen.

My fiance.

Goodness gracious, I have a fiance!

Oh wow, okay.

It's gonna take a while for that to sink in. A little bit of time to wrap my head around my new reality but okay.

I will get there…eventually.

I like this reality better anyway.

I like having someone care enough about me to walk into a hostile situation to ask me to marry him…someone to remind me that I am more than my mistakes and more than my screw ups…someone to remind me that underneath my shame and my guilt, I was someone's daughter, someone's sister…I'm someone's loved one.

I am more than my mistake.

I exhaled again and again until slowly, it started to sink in.

I am more than my mistake.

I will atone for my atrocities but not at the hands of Lucious Reign, not anymore

He has taken more than enough pounds of flesh…we are more even.