Chapter 492. Panicking in the Shower

Veronica Ambrose

She's staring up at me but it still feels like I'm below her. She always makes me feel this way. I doubt it's on purpose. She just has that presence.

"I'm not leaving if that's what you're trying to do."

"What don't you understand? I. Want. To. Be. Alone. It's not that hard to grasp."

"Veronica, in life you don't always get what you want. You know that right? Because you're acting like a brat."

Tears instantly sting my eyes. Me? I'm acting like a brat?

"Why? Because I want to be alone? Because I don't want you around? My sister just died. Lexcis, a man who I was starting to see as my brother, died! And all I ask of you is to leave me alone and that makes me a brat?"

She shrugs, leaning back into her seat, her expression unreadable.

"You can't be this heartless, can you? You can't be. I've seen the way