EVANGELINE
Once again, I was kept up by the pain from the mating bond.
I tossed and turned all night, trying to find a position that eased the burning in my chest, but nothing worked. I buried my face into a pillow to muffle my screams and tried to remind myself of the money that Alex’s mother gave to me.
It was the only thing stopping me from getting that divorce, but as the pain went on for over an hour, it didn’t seem like much anymore.
Long after they’d finished having s*x, the echoes of the pain and numbness lingered in my body. I couldn’t sleep, no matter how hard I tried. I lay in bed, staring up at the ceiling with tears at the back of my eyes.
By the time morning came, I’d only slept for a few hours at most. My eyes were red rimmed and I had bags underneath them. I could’ve c
