Love That Wasn't Meant to Last

Chapter 80

Looking at those clothes, I turned around to face Selena. She didn't notice my gaze and kept her head down, looking at her phone.

"It's late. Get some rest." I closed the wardrobe and headed toward the door.

Selena seemed a bit surprised. Seeing me leaving into another room, she called out, "Hudson, are you not going to sleep with me?"

"Men and women should have some boundaries," I replied without explaining more. Then I opened the door and stepped out. I stood at the doorway for a few minutes, and Selena didn't follow.

At that moment, I couldn't tell whether I felt relieved or sad.

I found a guest room to sleep in.

I had lived in this house for three or four years, and I had been away for almost a month. Looking up at the ceiling and that old chandelier, I felt a wave of mixed emotions that I couldn't quite describe.

much longer I would be staying

music on my phone for almost half an hour before I started feeling drowsy. Just as I was about

her phone and flashlight on, looking at me with a

dark when I'm alone. Hudson, could you stay with

I rubbed my eyes and asked, "But

being afraid of the dark. Before I arrived, she always spent the nights

then climbed onto my bed with

trace of drowsiness was wiped away by her sudden

to put some distance between

like you can't afford the electricity bill. You could

no choice but to relent and let her cling to me while we slept. But with her so close, I couldn't get

my

I headed over to Sylvia's place to