Chapter 107

Theo's POV

I watch her, swallowing down the bitter ache rising inside me. She’s breaking me piece by piece, and I’m letting her. I’m fighting a war inside my head, and I’m losing.

But the battle isn’t over yet. I’ll keep my distance, force down every instinct, hold back the flood she stirs in me.

Because when she leaves, and she will, I refuse to let her see just how deeply she’s carved herself beneath my skin.

I groan the moment I see her toss the bags into the car and saunter back toward me like nothing’s amiss, like she didn’t just deliberately test the line I’m barely managing to hold.

“I’m with Theo. Again,” she announces, too casual, too pointed.

Mason raises an eyebrow but doesn’t miss a beat. “Great. Meet you two at Sin and Obey. She can get ch