Tangled Love

CHAPTER 133

Jake's POV -

A silent tear runs down my face as I take in her words.

"You'll die if you stay."

I know she's right but hearing someone I love say the words makes it a reality. I've missed her all day, an aching empty feeling settling permanently in my stomach. I miss her soft skin, her gentle voice, her lips on mine, having her presence around me.

My whole thoughts are consumed with Emily. Every minute I spend thinking about her, thinking about what I've lost. She's the best thing that has ever happened to me, my one true happiness.

Hearing her voice over the phone immediately makes me emotional, the tightening feeling in my chest increasing. I groan loudly as I shuffle in bed, my body flaring up with pain. I reach over and grab the tablets I've been prescribed and chuck a few to the back of my throat, drowning them with water.

Amil hasn't reached out to me for almost two days. This is the longest I've gone without hearing anything from the gang and it's worrying. An uneasy feeling settles in my stomach as I have a hunch he isn't finished with me just yet.

My jaw clenches tightly and I feel the anger inside me increase as I remember how he'd laid into me, punch after punch. If he'd only just release my arms, I would have shown him exactly what a decent punch feels like.

their life. I shouldn't have developed any feelings for anyone, never mind fall so deeply in love.

them and braid their hair. I could picture marrying her, standing at the alter as I wait for her to walk

pain hits my chest and I clench my jaw, blinking back the tears. She's gone

early hours in the morning and come home the next day with cuts and bruises. She'd tend to them silently,

how it was effecting her? Lying in bed for the past two days had given me enough time to think about everything, figure out

wanted to drive up there and see if she

mine to touch.

to cuddle in bed.

my arms around and breathe her

asks me, popping his head round the door. I immediately turn my face away from him, masking over the pain with

but I'll live," I respond, sitting up straighter in my bed. My tone wobbles a little and I clear my throat, pushing any emotion away. I clench my teeth

can do

I sigh in defeat knowing he's right, these past few days he had been a lifesaver. . . quite

bed. He walks over and takes a seat on the bottom before

me to look back up at him,

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