[107] Was this the moment?

Imogen was exhausted, the kind of wearied in which no quantity of sleep appeared to gratify him. He just aspired to place his head on her warm chest, skin upon skin, and fall asleep to the vibrations of her heartbeats. But he could do neither of those things. For once again, life had come tumbling in and philandering with his peace, stimulating it to go straying, and once again it had won.

Imogen decided to leave before his vulnerable side gets exposed to others that he didn't want at all to happen. He despised the way Orion's word pricked his heart. But he had no choice but to leave silently. 

Fergus and Veronica were having fun and laughing over some funny joke cracked by Fergus. Veronica was almost out of her breath, trying hard to control her laughter, while Fergus kept on m