ROMAN
I had expected her to be at home before I got home but she was nowhere to be found. My gaze swept around the living room as the regret of leaving her alone in the party plunged at my heart.
I frowned as a flicker of guilt crossed my heart as the thought weighed heavily on my mind. ‘I should have still driven her home despite the other work I have to attend to. I wonder how she would be feeling now after all that humiliation.’
Not long after, she strolled in, her face pale like she was going to faint any minute.
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Her nonchalant response made me feel more guilty for the things I said to her earlier. I had just looked away from her for a second when I saw her falling backward down the stairs.
“Avery!” I yelled, my heart beating rapidly in fear as I ran towards h
