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My parents.
“What is this?” I demand, horrified, turning to find Jaxon standing several feet away. “Are you trying to torture me? This is where my parents are buried!”
“I know,” he breathes, reaching out to me, stepping closer.
And I step back. “Don’t fucking touch me,” I snap.
“Sasha, please—”
“How did you find out?” I demand, boiling with rage. “Why did you bring me here? I don’t want tofeelanything! Is that what this is?”
His lips part, although he remains silent.
“You’re trying to get a reaction out of me? Is that it?”
A pained expression claims his face, and his eyes burn into mine.
“I don’t know,” he mutters.
“Why can’t you just let me be?”
“I can’t.”
“Why are you doing this?” I frantically ask, thunder roaring from above. “Are you doing this to hurt me?”
“No,” he growls. “I’m doing this because I care about you! Don’t you get it?”
Confused as ever, I shake my head, my eyes glistening with tears.
“I don’t understand. I don’t understand!”
“Sasha,” he speaks over me, taking my face between his hands. “I’m falling in love with you.”
CHAPTERTWENTY-FIVE
My heart sinks. The wall I have built up in the back of my head, keeping me from feeling anything, comes crumbling down all at once. A rush of emotions wash over me. Confusion. Happiness. Sadness.Fear.
I’ve never been so petrified in my life.
And there’s an onslaught of anger. So much fucking anger.
I’m not just mad at him, I’m mad at the whole world. I’m mad at the universe for taking my parent’s away from me. I’m mad at the world for leaving me without a family.
I’m mad at this man for taking me here, out of all places, for bringing me to the cemetery where my mother and father are buried. I’m mad at him for everything.
Before I can even think it through, my arm winds back and I slap him across his face. His head flings to the side, and then his eyes lock with mine. Fear courses through me.
I’ve hit him…
I’ve hit him!
Although, he doesn’t speak.
He doesn’t even blink.
Jaxon steps closer, and I shove him hard in the chest. He barely budges. He just stands strong, towering over me. I feel helpless, disgusted, completely outraged. I just want to hurt him the way I’ve been hurt.
The way he’s hurt me.
