Chapter 56 - I’m Not the Only One

I exhaled sharply.

He might as well have punched me in the gut.

I stumbled back.

A step then another.

“No, no, no…” I mumbled. Shaking my head.

He motioned to get up.

I stop him with a raised hand. He sat back down.

I must have heard wrong.

I glance back at him. Searching his face for confirmation. Maybe I misheard him.

No, he wouldn’t do that.

“You… you won’t,” I tell him.

He grimaced.

“That’s not true,” I tried to convince myself.

“I am so…” he started. But I didn’t let him finish.

I ran out the door.

I grabbed my things and high-tailed it out of that damned place.

I had a split second before I chose to stop by the penthouse first.

Pressing the button in the elevator, I see my hand shaking reflected on the wall mirror.

I promised Charlotte I’d see her, I don’t break my promises, unlike some people.

I dig my hands in my pockets, determined to not cry hysterically in public.

Reaching the door, she immediately jumps on me.