Chapter 190

Chapter 190

-Grayson’s POV-

25th July–Rickon.

26th July–Isabella.

27th July–Maria.

28th July–Isabella.

31st July–Ricardo.

2nd August–Isabella.

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3rd August–Rickon.

4th August–Maria.

7th August–A call from Carter.

That was the sequence in which the intervention happened. I really didn’t know if they had a schedule on who should come to talk to me or when. But I didn’t care because everything they said centered around the same damn thing.

“Things aren’t as bad as they seem.”

“You might not have your wolf, but that doesn’t mean everyone is not still scared of you. No one would dare challenge your throne.”

“You’re full of bullshit because you know Ava would never do this.”

“Do you hear me? Full of bullshit.”

“You still haven’t gone to see her? Do you know what you are putting her through right now?”

“Grayson, can you hear me? Are you even listening?”

The last four, along with some deeply colorful curses, came from Isabella in person.

Was I listening? I didn’t even know anymore. But I guess if I could replay everything that had been said to me over the last two weeks, then I must have been.

Two weeks.

onto disappeared with a force I didn’t even remember. The moments that I had once cherished, the moments that had filled me with warmth, now felt like they had never existed.

weeks since I realized the woman I loved… Yes, I said loved. I might not have been able to say it out loud, but I loved her. I had loved her, and in a cruel twist of fate, she

was the word my father spat out the most. ‘You show them you are weak, and they will walk all over you.‘ And I had shown Ava Pierce every vulnerable side of me. I had given her everything, thinking

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right. Even more painful than the betrayal itself was the realization that what

They had planned this. Right from the very

blank screen in front of me. The screen that I couldn’t focus on, couldn’t care

anymore. I didn’t care about anything. Everything was numb. The voices, the intervention–nothing registered anymore. I was lost in the hollow emptiness inside me.

the most persistent. I raised my head just enough to glance at the door, but it felt like too much of

the door creak open, the sound of heels clicking across the floor. A shuffle, and then the chair across from

was didn’t say anything for a while. Then, her voice cut through the heavy silence

even worse than what I

Elaine.

looked at me the way she used to when we were kids–like she was disappointed,

last time you took a shower? Or

her.

what people are saying about you?” she continued, her tone

didn’t speak.

stood up. “Well, if you want to be miserable, then at least complete it by drowning in your misery.”

the pain that consumed

up. We’re going.”

It was flat, still. No sign

I was thinking about it. Why

did

“Grayson Stephen Blackwood.”

but only for a moment. I glared at

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still speaks.

maintain it. She didn’t wait for me to reply. Her eyes softened, a little, and she gestured to the bathroom. “The

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The empty hole in my chest. But her words… her tone. I stood. The action felt robotic, like I was going through the motions.

Every movement was stiff, automatic. I barely even registered the hot water running over me. My mind was a blur, my thoughts scattered. Nothing made sense. It was as if I was watching myself from outside my body, detached, barely

after Elaine, my feet moving mechanically. I didn’t even question it,

couldn’t quite make them out. I knew, though–knew–that the eyes on me were filled with shock.

It felt

me to an exclusive, quieter area. I sat down automatically. Everything felt distant, disconnected. Numbness had crept in, settling

the walls. The air was thick with the smell of alcohol, the low murmur of conversation blending

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