Chapter 41. Give Up

Celine

I waited for the phone to ring for a solid twenty minutes until it finally rang, breaking the burdening silence of the room.

I quickly received the call, hoping to hear the news I have been waiting for, “Hello. Has he left yet?”

“It took a bit of work, but yeah, he left.” The response from the other side made me finally release the breath I did not know I had been holding on to for so long.

Finally…

It was a relief that the plan was finally working and he was coming out of his cold facade. Although it was still not sure if this change of one night was going to be permanent. Sebastian was absolutely capable of holding himself together till the last bit, nothing could be comparable to how strong he was when it came to pushing away everything he has, to hold onto something he doesn’t want to let go.

If there was anything he truly treasured from the bottom of his heart, that was his curse and now, perhaps, it was Athena who undoubtedly h