Chapter 24

Pulling back and away from her, Zillon assessed her awfully wet face, not hesitating to wipe the salty waters from her beautiful, cherry red cheeks. “I’m alright now, Kitten…I promise.”

Celeste’s eyes floated up to meet his, her eyes still shedding tears, her lips still trembling. “I-I’m sorry.”

“I know…I understand…you’re hurt, I put you through a lot of pain, it’s probably hard to believe or forgive me, but it’s the truth…I really didn’t know what I was doing…after finding out what happened, I searched for you until I fell sick…I was so restless without you, I felt so helpless…you were my rock, my calm pill and when you left, I practically lost it. You weren’t the beautiful sunshine in my bed anymore, you were only a dream that’d vanish as soon as I woke up…every morning without you my heart would ache…I missed you so much.”

He cupped her cheek, leaning in to rest his forehead against hers. “I…you don’t know how painful those two months without you were… Fredd an