Chapter 22

I turn away, my soul still crushed and tears not subsiding. Hatred and anger are trying so hard to stay with me in a mind that is starting to fall apart.

“No! I came for you when I couldn’t handle it anymore, and I saw you with Christian. I felt like my heart was being ripped out of my chest, and I left. I couldn’t bear to see you happy with someone else, knowing that I let the best thing in my life go when you offered me everything. You have no idea how much I regret it… I have never stopped wanting you. You’re ingrained in my soul. You’re a part of me. I made a mistake that has been ruining my life ever since, and if there’s even a glimmer of a chance, then I’m going to jump on it because there’s no alternative for me. I fucked up everything that mattered when I let you go.” His voice, like mine, is shaky and hoarse. Two souls in pain, and yet I can’t stop the anger burning inside, even though a part of me is aching to forgive him.

Always torn when it comes to him and