From my limited point of view, it felt like she was just acting like a cold, professional b***h when she should have put herself in Alexander’s place and at least tried to understand what he had gone through in Alaska — what he was STILL going through at that very moment. He wasn’t to blame for the fact that I was unconsciously tired of being alone and hurt and needed to occupy my mind with something, or someone. He wasn’t to blame for having two beautiful children I wanted to protect even with my own life.
He also wasn’t to blame for the fact that my sad self reminded him so much of his wife. That was pretty messed up, and we all knew it. But we were stuck until further notice, and we were going to have to live with it.
“Are you coming, Lai?” Nika asked him again, gently.
I felt the ur
