Chapter 79

Meadow’s POV

Alaric had just walked out on me in my most vulnerable moment. My eyes were closed, and he just… left.

I should’ve known that his indifferent expression was just that. Indifferent.

He didn’t care.

My skin pulsed with a different kind of heat as I got out of the pool. Anger. Disgust at myself. Embarrassment.

Hatred.

I let him use me again. I let him talk me into doing what he wanted and he just left me high and dry.

Letting out a shaky breath, I reached for a nearby towel, not even bothering to remove my bikini from the pool before I stormed out of the pool room.

But I didn’t go to my room. No.

I went straight to Alaric’s room.

If he thought I was going to let him walk out on me and push me away after I just fucking bared myself to him, then he definitely had another thing coming.

My towel was barely clinging to me, my wet hair dripping down my back, but I didn’t care. All I could think ab