-Lara-
Maybe I should have been surprised when I heard a car stop in front of my cottage, but I wasn’t. I hadn’t said goodbye. But I probably I should have felt angry or defensive when I saw the door open and him standing in the doorway, watching me with so much fury in his eyes.
But instead, I felt calm. I knew this moment would come. We had been foolish to think it would be just one night. I had been the fool.
So, I stood only a foot away from him, beside an unlit fireplace with a couch in front of it. The cottage was dusty and dark. I hadn’t bothered to clean it. It wasn’t meant to be cozy—just an escape.
He slowly walked inside, closing the door behind him as I watched. His body was tense, almost shaking, and his eyes were dark in a way I hadn’t seen before.
“What were you thin
