CHAPTER 48
SEBASTIAN’S POV
I watched as Amelia climbed the stairs, her steps slower than usual, each one more careful than the last.
She slipped into her room and closed the door without a glance back.
I stood there for a while, just staring at the door, my mind spiraling with all the things I didn’t want to admit were still there. Thoughts that I’ve been trying to bury for some time now.
She wasn’t ready.
I had seen it in her eyes, heard it in the way her voice shook when she admitted it. I didn’t know how she did it, but somehow whatever she felt, I felt too.
You could see everything in her eyes. There was never any hiding in them.
I exhaled hard, dragging my hand down my face, trying to clear the mess she always left behind.
My thoughts were already a mess, and I didn’t need to
