~ Vanessa
It stings when everything you carefully planned turns against you.
It felt like the ground was about to split open and swallow me whole the moment Lucian snapped back to his senses in the living room. The way he shoved me away, his voice sharp and furious, scolding me like I had committed some unforgivable crime.
As if I had done anything wrong.
What irritated me even more was when he yelled Nadia's name, asking where she was. For a split second, fear clawed up my spine. I truly thought he was going to kill me.
Lucian was more than capable of it.
When he stormed out of the house to look for her, I locked myself in my room, pressing my back against the door like it could shield me from the consequences of what I’d done.
I wasn’t scared that Lucian rejected me.
I was scared
