Chapter 4

Arriene’s POV

I didn’t mean it like that. I need to make sure she knows that. Panicked, I jump out of the bed and head to the bathroom door and start knocking, hoping she’ll just let me in. I can feel her hurt in my chest, and I know she took offense. She doesn’t reply to my knocking. I hear her shuffling around in there and occasionally she lets out a deep, skaky breath. I knock again.

“Go away!” she yells. “Just leave me alone!”

“Kat, I didn’t mean it like that.”

“What else would you have meant by telling me I mean nothing to you?”

“That’s not what I said!” I’m beginning to grow impatient. She won’t even listen to me. “You need to calm down and listen to me. Let me in, please.”

She says nothing. Angrily, I begin to walk away, but right before I reach the door I hear the locking mechanism on the bathroom door click. The cracks the bathroom door open just wide enough for me to see a puffy, red eye. A sharp pain goes through my chest at the sight. I’ve made my mate cry.