Chapter 192. Leaving

CHARLOTTE

It was exactly five minutes before Leo came back.

I didn’t notice at first. I was lying on my side, facing the wall, staring at nothing in particular.

Then the mattress dipped behind me, and he cursed, mumbling something.

I swallowed tightly and pretended to be asleep.

He slipped an arm around my waist and pulled me toward him.

I didn’t move.

He pressed his face into my hair and exhaled slowly, like he’d been holding his breath since he left the room.

“You said we needed a break,” I said, my brows arched, still facing the wall.

“Yeah,” he murmured. “Five minutes. That’s all. It’s over.”

His voice was calm, almost casual, like he hadn’t just dropped a word that shattered something inside me.

Like he wasn’t a cheat who had accused me of being crazy for noticing something was off with him.

I wanted to yell.

But… what difference would it make?

It’s been done. It’s been done.

I didn’t resp