Chapter 189

Isabelle’s POV

I spent the last few hours walking around, thinking. My mind couldn’t get off the moment I had with Steel in his office. As much as I was fighting it he managed to get me to cave into him yet again. The feelings I kept trying to ignore only seemed to be coming in stronger and stronger.

I could keep telling myself there was nothing there but it wasn’t that easy. No matter how much I said it, nothing changed. I still wanted him. I still had love for him even though he had hurt me those years ago.

I checked my phone for the time and realized it was nearly eight in the evening. It was probably time I started heading back to the orphanage. Mrs. Parker liked having me back before she left to go home. If I didn’t return promptly she would probably begin to worry about me, if she hadn’t already.

I walked for a good twenty minutes before the orphanage came into view. I stood there and just looked at it for a moment. This place had at one point he