Chapter 158. Convince Her

LEO

She didn’t answer.

Tears rolled down her face this time.

The sight of them made me ache to wipe them off, but I guessed she wouldn’t want me near her.

The silence was louder than anything she could’ve said.

Then she started sobbing.

“What have I done? Could it be the blow job on the plane? How could I have done that to a child under twenty-five? So I settled for a younger man because I couldn’t find a man my age who wants me? How will I move on from this?…How…”

“Charlotte, for Christ sake, twenty five years old is not a child. I am not a child.” I cut in.

She looked up.

“Leo, let’s—”

I didn’t let her finish.

I couldn’t—because I was terrified to hear her rejection.

So I opened the door and walked out as fast as I could.

I didn’t look back.

I was sure that surprised her. Another reason for her to think I was childish.

But I couldn’t stand there and watch it all fall apart.

Women my age