Delilah had finally settled, her breathing had become steadier, though she was still shivering as she felt scared. She exhaled shakily, then turned to me.
"Thank God you came back on time," she said. "What if you hadn’t? I can’t even imagine what might have happened…"
She paused, but I understood the weight of her unspoken words.
She looked down, gripping her hands tightly in her lap before speaking again. "This is exactly why I told you. " She said and raised her head to look up at me. "We shouldn’t be living separately, Ryder. If we lived together, this wouldn’t have happened. We could protect each other."
I frowned slightly, her words truly meaningful.
If two people were together, one could always watch over the other. She had a point.
Seeing the shift in my expression, Delilah lo
