Chapter 116

“Where are you? I’ve been looking for you for hours… I’m at your apartment, Sophs. Baby, come home. I’m here. I came back for you not long after I left… I’m sorry for what I said, how I was. You just need to…” He sounds broken, torn, and ravaged, much like the version who dragged me to his mother’s garden at Leila’s party, and my heart crumbles. Picturing him as emotional and upset, and I want to hold him. I love him still, even when he makes me hate him.

“Arry, I need your help.” I cut him off, trying hard to sound normal, but my voice shakes so badly I can’t control it. Ignoring what he’s saying, even though it makes me ache, in a bid to get him to listen to me as eyes bore into me. Aware of the faces trained on me and what I need to do.

“What do you mean? Where are you? What’s wrong?” His tone is alert suddenly, that hint of concern shining through now that he realizes there’s something more important than making up. He can hear my fear and knows that something isn’t