Chapter 160

DAMIAN’S POV

~NEXT DAY, DAMIAN’S SUITE~

It’s the night after I left Rain’s room with a broken heart. Yet she showed up at my suite just before sunset, her eyes were red from crying, and words were tumbling out in apologies before I could even speak. She begged me to forgive her, and said she didn’t mean the things she’d said. I believed her. Or maybe I just wanted to.

She asked to stay the night, and said she didn’t want to be alone. And I didn’t turned her away. Not when she looked that broken.

Now, hours later, I wake in the middle of the night to find the bed cold beside me. For a moment, I think maybe she went to get water. But then I hear the shuffle of footsteps on the floor. She’s pacing. My brows knit together as I push myself upright, blinking against the dim light. Her silhouette moves back and forth near the window, her long hair spilling over her shoulders, the hem of my shirt, one she’d borrowed earlier brushing her thighs with eve