CHAPTER 70
ERIN
Everything hurts, I never thought I was capable of feeling this kind of pain in my life and here I was, soaking in my despair with no way out if it.
I sat there, my tears soaking the pillow, a knock at the door jarred me from my misery. "Yeah?" I called out, not really caring who was on the other side. When Alex's voice answered, asking if he could come in, I almost laughed. His house, his rules, right? "It's your world, Alex. I'm just living in it," I said, a bit more bitterly than I intended.
He stepped inside, looking at me with those eyes that seemed to see right through me. "Don't say that," he said softly, pulling me into his arms in a move so swift, it left me disoriented. And then, he was trying to kiss me. Just like that. As if a kiss could erase the mess we w
