Chapter 37

Eliana:

“It’s done” Leonardo said putting his phone back in his pocket as he walked toward me in the garden. I sat on one of the benches, staring into space as I regained my thoughts.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” I asked. I didn’t bother looking at him as I recalled the memory of how bad his back was. I could tell that the wounds have healed, but their marks only told me that he has been through a lot worse than I have.

“Tell you what, Eliana?” he asked. He sat down beside me, turning to face me as he listened to what I had to say.

“That he had hurt you? That he used his…”

“What would the difference be?” Leonardo asked. I ran my fingers through my hair before he sighed and carefully wrapped his arm around me, pulling me in for a hug “I wasn’t patient for this long to watch you collapse on me the second you’re told about my past”

“We’ll get through this, soon. I wouldn’t have told you if it weren’t for your nosy Pakhans”

“Ha, ha” I teased shaking my head as I pulled away from his ar