Nero
When Payton finally looks up at me, the stricken expression feels like a punch to the ribcage.
And I get it. Two nights ago, I took her innocence, and today, I’m acting like I’ve never even seen her before.
I want to grip her chin and tell her that I’m doing this for her. To keep her safe. That no one can know that I-
I grit my teeth.
I what? Care for her?
I don’t even know her.
Turning my back on Payton, and the hurt in her eyes, I hold in my sigh as I take a seat across from Mayor Devon.
Thankfully, he doesn’t question why I came into this specific café, he just starts in on some new hotel he’s invested in. He’s acting like he found it through some clever investigating, but I know for a fact he heard about it from King, because so did I. But it’s clear that Mayor Devon doesn
