But Hunter shouldn’t be here for me.
Not after everything.
Now more than ever, we should be keeping our distance.
But he seems determined to make sure I get a divorce, kill my husband, find the person who hurt me, and somehow give us the happy ending he believes we’re meant to have.
But that’s an illusion.
It isn’t possible.
His obsession with me won’t last.
Especially not when he believes I’m a cheat and a dozen other horrible things.
He’ll resent me for the rest of our lives, even if he doesn’t realise it yet.
Isaak stands beside Adelaide, and when I look at the distant expression on Eleanor’s face, I notice Ido behind her.
Ido Reinford.
The missing fifth member of the Ferrum Syndicate.
The moment Eleanor returned, he seemed to appear out of nowhere as well.
The man is impossible to read. You’d think he was a robot.
His face rarely betrays a single emotion.
The only crack appears when he looks at Eleanor.
There’s wonder in his eyes, longing too, but also confusion, as if he can’t quite make sense of her and yet can’t look away either.
He hasn’t looked in anyone else’s direction once since he arrived.
My phone continues to vibrate inside my bag by my feet, but I ignore it.
I was supposed to be home yesterday.
Instead, I’m still here.
I can’t bring myself to leave Ophelia’s side.
But sooner or later, I’ll have to.
I can’t avoid my own reality forever.
Ophelia is stable, and I know she’ll pull through this. She’s the strongest and most compassionate person I know.
She doesn’t deserve any of this.
After I fainted a few days ago, Hunter barely left my side.
The problem was that he was too close.
I was terrified he would discover things he wasn’t supposed to, so I spent most of my time asleep or pretending to be, with my back turned to him.
The man ran hot and cold to the point where I couldn’t take it anymore.
