CHAPTER 71: A BREAK

SILAS' POV:

“If I leave this room, it’s over. I won’t chase you anymore and try to fix this shit with you. There’s not going to be effort on my part again. We’d be breaking up.”

Despite her threat, her eyes plead with me to give in like I always have; to the guilt, the overwhelming pressure, to her wants.

“Leave.” I respond curtly.

“Silas!”

“I’m sorry, Elena, but I don’t need this right now.”

She watches me, heart broken. The hurt in her tears-stained eyes stare back at me.

“You’re a heartless prick.” She mutters, gnashing her teeth with her fits clutched at her side.

I say nothing because there’s nothing left to say. It is only silence I can offer in this situation.

We’ve been together for more than enough years and no matter how much she irked me, I had let her remain by my side.

Maybe this is just what we really both needed, a break from this madness.

She leaves without much of a hustle, huffing bitterly and picking up her discarded clothes resting on a chair, then stomps out.

I’m