Chapter 297. Nature's Art

It was a lake house.

With a shimmering lake in the sunset that reminded me of the last full day I had with Colt. And it almost felt like a joke, a horrible joke. 

That he would bring me here when I most missed Colt, when I was mourning the future we could have had?

Leonardo came from behind me now and kissed my cheek where Colt would have held me from the back so I could lean into him.

Fuck! What was with all this comparison? 

And why was I thinking of him more than I had ever done in the past months? Or…

I restrained myself from picking up my phone and calling his penitentiary. I hadn’t done that so far because if I wanted Leonardo’s absolute trust, he had to be convinced Colt was my past. 

Also, there was still that other fact that Colt lied to me.

Regardless of his reasons, he lied. He watched me, knowing I would die, but never gave me the information and chance to save myself.

“Your mind seems far away...” Leonardo sa