Chapter 34

I stay that way, surrounded by him, hiding from everyone until I sense the change of surroundings and the lack of moisture on my head. The ping of the elevator signals he has opened the doors, and we are safely closed inside, away from prying eyes.

I lift my chin and glance at him from my angle, catching his eye as he smiles at me softly. He looks pale and wary, and I realize he is still worried about my thoughts. I’m too quiet and introverted for his liking, and he thinks the worst. He hates when I close up and don’t tell him what I feel.

“I love you.” He says it so seriously, pointedly, as he looks deep into my eyes, and I realize without a doubt that Arry would never hurt me this way. He hasn’t got it in him to look at me with such conviction and say he loves me in that way if he had guilt behind those perfect eyes. I nuzzle in close again and wrap myself around him tighter. Shivering from my soaked clothes and dying for some sleep to forget this. I was exhausted befo