Chapter 104

I get up, turn away before he sees the tears threatening to spill down my face, and take deep breaths to calm the rage swirling inside me. I am completely devastated and feel like I did back when he chose Natasha over me. I want to lash out at him, shake him. So consumed by devastation and trying so hard not to fall to bits in this club. My whole body shakes, and I am close to lightheaded and passing out.

I feel his hands on my waist and pull away from him instinctively, agony slicing through me as he tries to turn me. His touch burns me painfully.

“Hey… Sophs? What’s wrong?” He turns me, but I shrug out of his arms defensively, not wanting his hands on me and refusing to look him in the face. If I let loose, I may self-implode. It’s all bubbling up inside of me like a torrent of anger. So much going on inside me, burning explosively, and I shake my head at him, barely containing my outward calm. “Baby?… What is it? Is it what she said? Because you know that doesn’t mean