Chapter 97

The truth was, Elijah had fallen for Gloria long before tonight.

When she'd told him that last time she was over him. When he'd discovered she'd vanished without a word. When he'd searched her room and found no trace of the love letters and drawings she'd once created for him. When he'd come to London and seen her with another man.

He had fallen for the girl who'd chased after him for years, without even realizing it himself.

He'd mistaken his feelings for something else entirely, burying them whenever they surfaced.

Until now, when they finally hit him with devastating clarity.

His chest tightened like he was having a heart attack, making it hard to breathe.

For one crazy moment, he considered barging inside, racing upstairs to grab Gloria, to tell her he loved her. To say he'd been an idiot and beg for another chance.

But reality kept him frozen in place, unable to move as snow piled on his shoulders.

The cold seeping through his clothes was nothing compared to the ice forming in his chest.

him stood beside

with a happiness he hadn't seen

rainy night that felt like a

as heavily then

one, he and Jenna

in the downpour all night, watching them, her world collapsing with each

seen the light fade from her eyes until she finally passed out on

knew the gut-wrenching pain of watching someone you love choose

man standing like a statue outside gradually caught the

drinks and speculating about the "poor

couple made their

him, surprise crossed her face, followed by

gossip

Elijah had worshipped turned out to be a monster. And

had

had finally opened his eyes to what he'd

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