Entering the apartment building, I go toward the elevator this time rather than take the stairs. I expect Chase to go in the opposite direction, not to follow me, but he does, right into the elevator. As it starts it climb, he goes to the panel and presses the “stop” button.
I’m fighting tears as it is.
There’s no way I can do this.
It’s too much. Too raw and I’ve not got up enough walls. I need them firmly back in place right now.
Suddenly, he’s right in front of me, cupping my face, tilting my head back to look into my eyes. I let him. What else can I do? There’s no hiding, trapped in an elevator. Now I wish I’d taken the stairs.
So stupid.
“What is it, Faye? Talk to me.”
“I can’t.”
you can. I’m right
it. “The man I sold
His lips brush mine.
percent mine. You sold yourself to me. No one else. To
my vision as I look at
or what to say. Everything is
hold me back. I’m taking care of her like I failed to
it,” I say. The words come out of my mouth before I can
“What?”
make it stop. This is the secret I’ve been carrying. The only
in love. That I’d ruined her life by doing it and she was going to make me pay. She said she loved him. She loved when
doesn’t let go of me, but he wipes the tears away, and then his
I sob.
shatter. Throughout it all, Chase continues to
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