Chapter 082
Niklas' POV
The night was chilly, but it didn’t help ease the pain in my heart. Her hand held mine, shaking as if she didn’t want to let me go. Perhaps I was the one who was too attached. Maybe I was the one who was afraid of what would happen if she left me now.
We didn’t say anything to each other. At the beginning, no. Not even as we walked in the quiet, our footsteps crunching on gravel and dry leaves. The only thing I could hear was the wind moving through the trees as if it knew everything.
As soon as we got to the car, she pulled her hand away from mine as if holding her was painful. We got inside, and the silence broke as soon as the doors closed.
“What was that?” she asked in a low, sharp voice, as if she was holding a wire too tightly.
I felt my throat burn as I
