Chapter 143. True to You

He stands now, looking at me with a slightly furrowed brow over that cute-boy expression of ‘forgive me,’ and I can’t move. My stomach twisted in pain and caught in a world of confusion as his words reverberate through my mind and heart, and I see-saw a bunch of emotions all at once. The elation that, in one rant, he wiped away all doubt and confusion about why he’s been trying so hard to get us to connect romantically; the sweep of mad at myself that I left when I did and could have been with him all along. He’s right about Sierra, though. I wouldn’t have found her otherwise, and maybe the Fates always intended it this way after all.

I feel so stupid, guilty, and ashamed, and I regret it took until now to know this. I look down at the floor, unable to look him in the eye while shame washes through me and my stupid pride takes a dent.

He didn’t break the bond; he didn’t betray me, and in fact, he came home willing to fight for me, only to find I’d gone, and it was too la