Chapter 33

“Sophs, I swear, nothing is going on… That’s Amanda, my PA. Listen to me, please.” He sounds devastated, his voice shaking as much as I am, and even though I’m fighting him, he doesn’t budge. He waits until he gets me under control again. I tremble and shake as much with the cold as the pain I am in. Standing in the waterfall weather, soaked and blinded by the downpour.

“Let me go,” I beg him, needing to get far away. I can’t bear his touch on me, slicing pain through my soul and ravaging me to pieces. I want him to go.

“Never. I’ll never let you go, baby. I love you, Sophie, and this is not what you think. Please listen to me…” He sounds broken too and so very desperate. It makes my protests catch in my throat.

I struggle once more, but his hold on me only tightens as he walks me to the wall out of foot traffic so that he can use it as a barrier for my feet I was using to try and push him away, so I’m completely immobile.

“We were here all night, four of us,