Layla's POV
I looked down at the cup in my hand for a moment and then, when I had gathered my thoughts, I looked back at him. There was so much, so many reasons, I didn't really know where to begin.
"Because if I didn't leave Gabe, it would've dragged you into every fight that I found myself in, and you would've fought them all gladly. You would've called it protection, but it would've been nothing more than chains that tied me to you." I Said finally.
It wasn't everything, but it was a start.
"I never chained you," he replied, and his expression told me that he couldn't believe I had said that he was.
"You did," I shot back without hesitation. "Maybe not with locks, but with your constant surveillance. With your orders. With men standing at doors that I didn't open becaus
