Chapter 78 - A Twisted Tale

STRIKER

She fell asleep in my arms, but I couldn’t do the same. Having her body clinging to me after so long was doing the usual things to me. I was out of breath, my heart was beating so fucking fast that I wanted to punch it to slow it down.

On top of it, lingered Dustin’s scent on her. It didn’t let me rest, not for a single moment.

So, when she started to snore, I removed her arms from around me and got down from the bed. Separating myself from her proved hard—harder than the last time because I didn’t have that strong resolve anymore. When I asked her to leave a month ago, I was not aware of how painful and haunting it was going to be, for me, but now I knew—and I still had to do it.

I sucked in a sharp breath and walked out of the cabin without stealing a single glance at her gorgeous face. I was not sure I would have found it in me to step out if I had caught a glimpse of her, that’s why I didn’t look at her the last time either—this thing, this one thing was always going to re