Lexie POV
Derek remained quiet after the explosion we witnessed. He just shook his head and said, “They literally tried to kill me.”
He did not react to anything and did not say or call anyone. He just told me that we would be going back home with a sharp finality in his voice that silenced me from saying otherwise.
By the time we got to the airport, our private jet was already waiting for us. He climbed it, sat down, and remained silent even when he started the plane.
His eyes were vacant, filled with unshed tears and an unexplainable pain.
He looked more broken than I had seen him in the last year.
I walked up and sat on his lap just the way I did when we were going. Even though he did not say a word, he leaned into me and let me caress his hair silently.
I knew he was passing th
