Chapter 69

Chloe’s POV

I sat there for a moment after she left, my hands wrapped tightly around my cup. The coffee had gone cold, but I didn’t notice.

For the first time since this nightmare began, I felt something unfamiliar settle in my chest.

Hope.

Not the soft kind.

The dangerous kind.

I left the coffee shop twenty minutes later. I got a text message on my phone.

It was from Drake. I ignored his calls and messages. He was still horny. How could he think of that at this time?

I went straight home to rest but I couldn’t.

I stepped out into the evening air and pulled my jacket closer around me. The street was quiet, almost calm, like nothing in my life was unraveling behind closed doors. I walked for a while before checking my phone.

Drake.

Missed calls. Messages stacked on each other.

I did not open them. I did not need to. I already knew the tone. Wanting. Pulling. Trying to ground himself in my body instead of f