Chapter 0305

My heart beats wildly as I listen to them.

Do you think he told her the truth?

and over again, like a broken da mn

That single sentence keeps playing in my mind record. I feel paralyzed as I wait for Rowan to reply.

entire body

I hold Iris tightly in my arms because I could feel not only my hands but my shaking. I try to breathe in and then out, but the air gets stuck in my wind pipes.

I lean against the wall, just to keep myself standing upright. I was weak in the knees, and the last thing I wanted was to collapse to the ground while holding my daughter.

Thankfully, Iris had fallen asleep; otherwise, I would have been caught.

“I honestly don’t know,” Rowan murmurs, his voice strained.

Remember when I said that my heart was beating wildly? Yeah, now it’s a hundred times

worse.

“She’s suspicious of you, meaning someone mentioned something to her. Given that Ethan doesn’t like you, then it’s probably him.”

They were quiet for a moment. My ears are ringing, and the only sound I hear is the beating of my heart. It was so loud in my ears that I was afraid they would hear it and know that I hadn’t left.

to do now? You only have two options: either you tell her the truth or go on pretending like nothing’s wrong,” Gabe tells him after

To

waiting patiently for his answer when I got this sense of deja

like this

a memory filters through my mind. Something like this had happened

wall, only instead

“Don’t you love her?”

his throat.

do you love mommy or

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love her for giving

that. My breaths come in and

before or after we chose

try to remember more; I’m successful, but it

anyone ever told you it’s rude to listen to

cold and emotionless. The look of hate and disdain

me what the hell

Me eyes as he

in

in my

the Rowan I was used to. The Rowan who destroyed my heart. Seeing him memories like this and knowing that

you doing standing there?” Noah’s voice breaks through the fog, bringing me back to the present

out. They silently looked at each other before

okay?” Rowan asks

Hurt flashes in his eyes, but I don’t really care right now. Not when the pain I felt is still fresh in my mind. Not when I’ve just gotten another reminder of how cruel

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