Chapter 14

When I awoke the following day, I discovered that Aiden had disappeared.

It was strange; he had been there right before I went to bed, so why wasn't he here now? My heart raced as my gaze swept the room for any sign of him. The absence of any trace made me anxious and unsure; where could he have gone? At first, all my brain conjured up were worst-case scenarios but then something dawned on me: perhaps Aiden simply decided to go out.

I can feel a lump forming in my throat as I try to process what just happened. He was there last night, lying beside me in bed, yet he disappeared without a trace. Did he really leave me? My mind races as I think of all the possibilities and search for an answer that would make some sort of sense.

I gasped lightly before carefully hoisting myself from the bed. However, halfway through, I felt a sharp throbbing in between my legs as a reminder of what had happened the night before. Every inch of me was sore and tender, my body protesting against the excesse