Chapter 74. The Issue

Tristan's POV

I hate that I had done that to Elona, the hurt written all over her face. She tried to hold it all together, but I knew that I had destroyed her heart. It destroyed mine too... But I needed to do that. I don't want her to be part of this mess, she deserves better, and I had to let her go. The lies that she told me about wanted to resurface as a negative aspect to motivate me to move on. I never imagined that we would end this way.

I took the glass filled with Scotch and I brought it to my lips, taking a sip as I sat at the dinner table. I don't know what to do with myself. So I bury myself by drinking alcohol. It helped me to break up with her. I placed the glass on the table, and then I took my phone that was lying beside the bottle of half-empty Scotch. I went to Maggie's blocked number, and I unblocked it, then pressed it on, bringing the phone against my ear,