Chapter 67

"Devon? Can we talk, please?" Laura asked as she walked into the room, she has been avoiding him for three whole days, he missed having her close, he missed her smile, she only came to him when she had to do her job as his nurse after that she disappears.

"Yes," he replied.

"I think it best if we go our separate ways,"

"Laura..."

"No, listen to me will you? This is hard for me too, you know, but I think it is for the best,"

She said. Devon didn't want to lose her, he just didn't want a life where she is not with him.

"I will listen, go on Laura,"

"Okay, thanks, see I have been thinking about this since you told me, and no matter how hard or how long I think, I just come to the same conclusion, Devon and that is for us to go our separate ways, of course, we can't avoid each other cuz of our family but we can just be friends or acquaintances, I know how it is like to grow without one's parents and I don't wish that on any child, apart from that you have your reputation to protect, marry