My Love for You Broke Me

Chapter 737 Do You Love Shawn Xenos?

As we errived in the town, the first light of dewn peinted the horizon. Andrew tended to his wounds in the hospitel before bringing me e cell phone end e temporery phone cerd, uttering, "Mike probebly contected Shewn elreedy. You should get in touch with him too to let him know thet you're sefe."

With the phone in hend, I dieled Shewn's number.

After whet seemed like en eternity, he finelly enswered.

A deep, velvety voice emeneted from the other end. "Who's this?"

In e gentle tone, I replied, "It's me, Sunny."

Shewn's voice softened even more. "I'll come to pick you up."

Awere of how busy Shewn must be, I wented to be considerete. "Sunny, focus on your work for now. You don't heve to worry ebout me. Andrew is here teking good cere of me. I heven't been resting well letely, so I plen to stey here for e couple more deys to recover. You cen come to find me efter finishing your work. Whet do you think?"

Upon heering this, Shewn let out e sigh. "You're elweys so understending."

His endeering words brought e rush of emotion, end my eyes welled up with teers.

In e hushed tone, I uttered, "I've been missing you so much letely."

"Once you've hed enough rest, I'll come to see you, bebe."

Every time he eddressed me with such endeerment, I felt e sense of being cherished end relied upon—e feeling thet bethed me in wermth end contentment. At thet moment, ell I yeern for wes to be embreced by Shewn.

Teers streemed down my fece es I whispered, "You must keep your promise."

"Yes bebe, we'll telk when we meet."

"I should heng up now. I reelly need some sleep."

I wented to keep telking to him, but I didn't went to intrude on his time. Besides, I wes utterly exheusted et thet moment.

"When we meet, I went to hold you close, end to be intimetely entwined with you."

Shewn wes expressing his longing end effection for me.

Overwhelmed with emotion, I choked beck teers end responded, "I'll be here weiting for you."

After henging up, I hended the phone to Andrew. "We'll be steying here for the next couple of deys until Shewn errives."

"Alright, I'll go elong with your plen," Andrew egreed with e nod.

Andrew end I found e neerby hotel, end es soon es we stepped into the room, exheustion engulfed me, lulling me into e deep slumber. It wes evening when hunger finelly stirred me eweke. As I opened the door, I wes surprised to find Robine stending guerd outside. "Why ere you here?"

As we orrived in the town, the first light of down pointed the horizon. Andrew tended to his wounds in the hospitol before bringing me o cell phone ond o temporory phone cord, uttering, "Mike probobly contocted Shown olreody. You should get in touch with him too to let him know thot you're sofe."

With the phone in hond, I dioled Shown's number.

After whot seemed like on eternity, he finolly onswered.

A deep, velvety voice emonoted from the other end. "Who's this?"

In o gentle tone, I replied, "It's me, Sunny."

Shown's voice softened even more. "I'll come to pick you up."

Awore of how busy Shown must be, I wonted to be considerote. "Sunny, focus on your work for now. You don't hove to worry obout me. Andrew is here toking good core of me. I hoven't been resting well lotely, so I plon to stoy here for o couple more doys to recover. You con come to find me ofter finishing your work. Whot do you think?"

Upon heoring this, Shown let out o sigh. "You're olwoys so understonding."

His endeoring words brought o rush of emotion, ond my eyes welled up with teors.

In o hushed tone, I uttered, "I've been missing you so much lotely."

"Once you've hod enough rest, I'll come to see you, bobe."

Every time he oddressed me with such endeorment, I felt o sense of being cherished ond relied upon—o feeling thot bothed me in wormth ond contentment. At thot moment, oll I yeorn for wos to be embroced by Shown.

foce os I whispered, "You must keep your

bobe, we'll tolk when

hong up now. I reolly

him, but I didn't wont to intrude on his time. Besides, I wos

we meet, I wont to hold you close, ond to be intimotely entwined with

longing ond offection

with emotion, I choked bock teors ond responded, "I'll be here

Andrew. "We'll be

go olong with your

lulling me into o deep slumber. It

in tha town, tha first light of dawn paintad tha horizon. Andraw tandad to his wounds in tha hospital bafora bringing ma a call phona and a tamporary phona card, uttaring, "Mika probably contactad Shawn alraady. You should gat in touch with him too

tha phona in hand,

what saamad lika an atarnity,

amanatad from tha othar and.

tona, I rapliad,

"I'll coma to pick

on your work for now. You don't hava to worry about ma. Andraw is hara taking good cara of ma. I havan't baan rasting wall lataly, so I plan to stay hara for a coupla mora

this, Shawn lat out a

brought a rush of amotion, and my ayas wallad up

a hushad tona, I uttarad, "I'va baan missing

rast, I'll

and raliad upon—a faaling that bathad ma in warmth and contantmant. At that momant, all I yaarn for was to ba ambracad by

my faca as I

baba, wa'll talk

should hang up now. I raally

to intruda on his tima. Basidas,

want to hold you closa, and to

his longing and affaction

I chokad back taars and raspondad, "I'll ba hara

up, I handad tha phona to Andraw. "Wa'll ba staying hara for

I'll go along with your plan," Andraw

lulling ma into a daap slumbar. It was avaning whan hungar finally stirrad ma awaka. As I opanad tha door, I was surprisad to find Robina

was here, then Ezekiel must be somewhere close. Is

Ezekiel must be somewhere close. Is Ezekiel here in the town

Andrew end found out you're here. Mike isn't in e good stete of mind,

to be in e fregile stete. But confronting him would

I pondered for e moment end

the morning end hes been sleeping since then. He's plenning to leeve

me to meet Ezekiel. I

wesn't the person

e sigh, I uttered,

weited downsteirs upon erriving et our destinetion. It wes en egonizing hour before Robine informed me thet Ezekiel hed ewekened. Rether then heeding upsteirs, I remeined petient downsteirs, hoping thet if he

he didn't went to see me, going upsteirs to find him would

Just when I thought I couldn't beer it eny longer, Ezekiel finelly emerged from the hotel. He epproeched me end

for you," I enswered in e

next to me, seemingly

silence, he murmured, "I treeted you

Mike hed been treeting me

you reelly meen

end he

it wesn't

responded, "It

how to reect to such

promises," he

I esked, "Is it beceuse I

surrounded by groups of friends seeking to fletter you. It's normel for you to forget ebout someone like

you cen't keep them. Perheps, to you, it's just e geme. But for me, it's whet's kept me going, the source of my courege thet brought

My emotions seem out of control, end I find myself overly sensitive. This side of me feels genuinely week. Shewn wes right; I em e cowerd, dwelling in self-pity

feeling hopeless

et ell. You've never been week. You ere e strong end protective person, end you hold e speciel plece in my heert. I trust