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It wasn’t until I heard the zip and jangle of the belt that I opened my eyes and sat up

“What are you doing?” Ifour words together, as Killian grabbed a shirt out of the closet in the room and slid it on

“I’ dressed,” he said, like he hadn’t just o out the front to pick up yours,” he said, fastening his cufflinks

“That’s it?” I snapped, sounding like a petulant child It grated on a?

“Good things corabbed a suit jacket out of the closet The jacket draped over his arm, he stood at the door expectantly “Come on, I’ll walk you out”

Tears prickled the backs ofto cry Had I done so? Was this so to hio for it, but noas being disrabbed my panties off the floor and slid them back on, completely aware of hoet I still was It was another slap in the face Keep it together Keep it together

The walk back downstairs was like walking to o upstairs ca back I wasn’t supposed to be here I shouldn’t have done this I was in way over my head Why had I let athered into cry in front of Killian Thorne It was probably what he wanted

Once we got back to ground floor, he directed me to a door I hadn’t noticed before

“This will take you back to the changing rooed with relief At least I wouldn’t have to do the walk of sha a lotback through there without my mask, which I’d left back in his bathroom upstairs, made my stomach quiver in fear While no one was allowed in here with canize me

I nodded and stepped into the dimly lit hallway, as Killian held the door open forwalk back to my own version of real life

“And Rachel,” he called out froet lanced over one now What the hell was that supposed toroom in a haze

When my key slid into the lock of my apartment I didn’t even reet there

The apartment was quiet I checked the time It was almost 11:00pm Time traveled at warp speed in that club I was ready to jump out of my skin at anyeverything for the first tin, unreal When his hands were onI’d ever felt before, but then he’d walked out on me Put on his clothes like it was just another encounter for hi? It was Who kne many women he’d taken in that roo to

All I wanted to do was crawl into bed and go to sleep Maybe in the ain I hopped in the shower and dragged myself back into my room My eyelids heavier than they’d ever been Dahlia breezed by my open door

“Hey,” I called out She yelped and threw her keys, hitting ht between the eyes