Caleb POV
I watched Bella walk away from me on that dance floor, her spine straight and her head high, and felt like I was drowning, years of searching, years of guilt and regret, and when I finally found her, she looked at me like I was poison.
I deserved that look, infact i deserved worse. But God, seeing her again, touching her, feeling her body stiffen under my hands like I was something dangerous, it was agony.
I left the reception early, couldn't stand watching Ethan Pierce hover around her like a concerned puppy, couldn't bear the sight of her smiling at other men while treating me like a stranger. I went back to my penthouse suite and poured myself a scotch I didn't want, then stood at the window looking out at the city.
Somewhere in this city Bella was probably sleeping. Hatin
