Seraphina's POV
I scrubbed my hands over my face, watching the rain streak down the taxi window.
I muttered under my breath, "Mortimer, you have to actually earn the right to be jealous."
In this relationship, I was just an intruder who didn't know her place. This was simply the inevitable crash of a one-sided delusion.
Signing that contract back then was me placing a gamble on a ten-year crush. Since I lost the bet, I just had to take the L and walk away.
The rain was coming down in sheets now, the wind hurling water violently against the cab windows.
"To the Pet Clinic, please."
By the time I got to the clinic, Dr. Smith had just finished giving Dash his shots.
The puppy was lying in the observation cage, his eyes half-closed, looking incredibly weak and pathetic.
"Dash is respo
