Chapter 61

It’s too late, I left it too late. She’s not mine anymore.

The weight of that hits me harder than any sucker punch I have ever endured in the ring, even through this surreal dream state. I physically exhale and slump down, heart constricting badly and pain choking me. The thought of Sophie with some other guy takes away the last blinkers that may have lingered and it nearly cripples me with jealousy, regret, and utter despair. I feel sick, shaking with the realization that she moved on, because I forced her to.

I hate the thought of some other guy, being to her, what I was… what I should have been. It’s not how it’s supposed to be. She’s mine, she’s always been mine… she stood in front of me and told me she loved me. She offered me all of her. It was mine for the taking. It doesn’t get to be his.

“What do I do?” I croak out, unable to hold back the pain in my face, behind my eyes, consuming my brain. Tears blur my vision and make it impossible to swallow through th