Chapter: 73

He didn't respond. His guilty silence was answer enough.

"Oh my God," I stumbled back, clutching the fallen robe to my chest as humiliation burned up my neck. I couldn't believe I'd almost repeated history. "I wasn't thinking," he said, stepping toward me. "I just-"

"You just what?" My voice cracked. "Thought you could kiss your problems away? On me?"

"Sera-"

"Are you out of your mind?" The words tore from me raw. "What am I to you? A convenient distraction? A stand-in?"