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But I can tell froht

And that’s okay

Even ifhard already

“Are you angry?” she murmurs

“No,” I tell her fiercely “We’ll try again We’ll never stop trying, not until I’ve claimed that hole”

She nods “But what if I can’t ever… what if you never…”

A blush spreads across her cheeks, traveling down her neck, as tears rise in her eyes

“Oh, God, this is so e”

Before I have a chance to react, she leaps to her feet and runs into the ensuite, the sound of her sobbing like stabbing knives to my heart

Chapter Nineteen

Bria

Tears scour paths down my cheeks as I sit on the com thethe voice that hissed in my ear

You’re not good enough, you’re not good enough, you’re not good enough

It screeched through asm faded away and I was left with the certainty I’d never be able to be what he wants me to be

Even if he’s told

Even if he’s told me he wants me the way I am

“Bria” Braden’s voice is quiet yet firm on the other side of the door “Can I come in?”

I alh at the question

Can I come in?

No, no, obviously he can’t Because he tried that and ined being with Braden Braxten, it was never like this, never tinged with this stupid hateful nervousness

“Yes,” I say, trying to force away the next wave of tears