~CELINE~
‘Because I'm falling in love with you.’
The words echoed in my head like a death sentence as I paced the small living room of our quarters. What had I been thinking? Why had I said that?
I pressed my palms against my eyes, trying to block out the memory of Hunter's face when the words slipped out.
The shock, the something that might have been hope, the way his mouth had opened like he wanted to say something back before Sally's knock interrupted us.
God, what was wrong with me?
I glanced toward Caesar's bedroom, where he was sleeping peacefully, completely unaware that his mother was having a complete breakdown.
He'd been so happy at dinner, chattering about wanting to learn chess from "Uncle Hunter," and I'd smiled and nodded while my heart was breaking.
This had to sto
