Chapter 43. The Sad Truth

Zera’s POV

I ran over to the door and banged on it as loud as I could for a while, then pulled it open. I found Aaron still at the door, facing me as if he had stood waiting for me. My breath hitched as, once again, our faces came extremely close.

“You’re a nightmare, Zera. In case no one has told you that before, I want to be the first.” He said this, stepping forward, and this made me back away. “One minute, you look happy, and the next, you’re a walking chaos.”

I didn’t want to be a nightmare or chaos, but he wasn’t giving me much of a choice.

My brow furrowed. “So, are you just here to tell me that?”

“Yes,” he answered, his voice sounding anything but reasonable. “You have the natural talent of driving me crazy; not a lot can do that.”

That was not a compliment, but my heart had already decided to take it as such.

“I just want my freedom; is that too much to ask?” I raised a brow but spoke in a softer tone of voice.

“It is w