111 | "Then how come I saw you that night?”

Willow wasn’t sure what she was expecting to find in the lone corner of the grand gardens of Ronin’s property, but the last person she thought she would find was the man who had forgotten her so easily.

Dan.

But she would be lying if seeing him hadn’t given her hopes she didn’t have right having. Her heart thumped towards him and for a second her eyes begged him to stop pretending and torturing her with his obliviousness.

But then she got a better hold on herself and rolled her shoulders. There was no point in wasting emotions where they wouldn’t be appreciated. And right now, as much as it hurt her to admit, Dan was the last person to understand how she truly felt on the inside.

“Well, aren’t you a huge hypocrite?” she taunted, aware of his presence across the small field of freshly cut grass. He stood against a tall tree, leaning his shoulder against it, ankles crossed almost lazily. The area was shrouded in thick darkness, making it hard to see his expression. However, the way his