Chapter 140. Tea at the Patio

Lovette’s POV.

I woke up feeling much better than the previous night. I had cried my eyes out, and finally accepted the fact that my father was gone and there was nothing I could do about it. I had gotten the hunch at so many times before.

But I wasn’t ready to accept it. No. It wasn’t possible. That couldn’t have happened to my father. I didn’t want to accept the harsh truth. But somewhere inside of me I just knew that he was……gone.

I sat up on the bed and squeezed my eyes. I wasn’t going to cry again. I didn’t want to cry because that wasn’t what my father would have wanted for me.

He always told me to never cry and be strong. Be firm and always face whatever situation life threw at me. And so I was determined to do better, to be better.

I got up from the bed and went to shower. As soon as I took off my clothes and got into the bath I remembered how Ryder had pacified me the night before. How he had held my hand and told me that he was here for m