Chapter 153

After that, everything went haywire, at least for him, sitting in his workspace. Wondering what the hell was wrong with him, he was acting like a teenager with a first girlfriend whom he was forcing himself on.

Everything was about her, his mood, and even his patience, and this day, he was having it short, for it seemed everywhere he went, he bumped into her and his cousin, her laughter so real... but at his cousin.

She looked happier and even took her time to put on little pieces of jewelry Damon got her, her fingers on it, twirling her hands on the shiny metal on her collarbone.

The sight was so gruesome that when she came into his room after his warnings, he couldn't take it anymore and left her in the room. 

He wanted her more than he wanted to admit, but he also knew he had lost his chance; keeping her in the manor was him grasping at loose ends with a bit of hope.

He never was one to contradict himself, but recently, he did it anyway, trying to hold