Chapter 14 – Vermont’s POV
The room wouldn’t stop spinning.
I barely felt myself go down, my knees giving out as I crumpled to the floor, breath tearing out of my chest in loud, ugly heaves. My palms hit the stone, cold biting into my skin, but even that didn’t drag me back to reality.
“That’s a f*****g lie,” I whispered, more to myself than anyone else. “Lilith would never. Lilith would never have s*x with you.”
My head shook on its own, slow and desperate.
“I didn’t imagine her,” I said hoarsely. “She wouldn’t... she wouldn’t.”
“We did,” Adrian’s voice cut in, flat and relentless. “For a year. A whole year.”
His words blurred together, sinking into me like poison.
“After she got pregnant, I wanted us to elope. She didn’t. She wanted to get rid of the baby, but she couldn’t when s
