Chapter 15

“Are you really looking forward to the day when I had to leave you?”

I know already that Hogan and I would not live together forever.

We were ready for that from day one.

It was supposed to be normal to hear from him that someday soon, I had to leave his side.

Even so, I felt bad and sad.

It was so selfish of me to feel wrong when I asked Hogan many things, and he provided what I needed to survive.

But I’ve done what I shouldn’t have done. I asked him the question, and now while I was looking into his red eyes, I waited for his answer, hoping that it could explain why my heart was in pain.

“I am not driving you away, Elizabeth,” he said. The end of his intonation was soft, and gentle as if he purposely softened his rough voice when he called my name.

Hogan leaned closer. Although he did not touch my shoulder, I felt so protected by his reassuring gaze.

“You are a good woman,” he said. “And that’s more the reason why you don’t deserve to die.”

I raised my eyes, observing his. For the f