Chapter 16

MAYRA

"I-I can't. It's h-hurting." I stuttered and chewed my inner cheeks to stop the tears from falling. I don't want to cry. Not again. I owe that to myself.

He suddenly came and sat in front of me. I tried to pull my feet closer to me so it won't be in his way but before that can happen, he slowly grabbed my feet and rested them on his lap.

A shiver danced over my spine due to his touch.

"Look at me" He said and this time his words sounded calm that I couldn't stop myself from locking gazes with him.

Everything seemed to be frozen, is like nothing else mattered in this moment. A strange sense peace came over me and I forgot I was in pain in the first place as all my thoughts vanished. The tears I were holding for so long, silently found their way down my cheeks and I silently cursed myself. He kept his gaze locked with mine with the same intensity and there was no way he wasn't feeling what I was. It was so intense.

"Go to a happy place" he sai