Chapter 20: Be his Second Mate

Ah, why am I still alive? I was supposed to die when I jumped off the cliff. Why am I at the hospital?

"Why did you take me here?" I asked Erix, who was staring at me. "Why did you save me?"

I surprised myself when I spoke.

Those were the first words I spoke since that day, and they happened to be him. My voice came out strained since it had been months since I said anything, but he didn't seem to pay that much attention.

"Because Zander is worried about you."

"Did you know about my plan to kill myself?"

"I know something like what you did will happen, so I have kept my eye on you since that day."

"Why care? You could just let me die in peace," I told him, not even sparing a glance at him.

He was the one who urged my mate to end things with me. There was evidence of Killian's betrayal, but I can talk with him and possibly beg to break up with Isabelle.

"I want to talk to you," he said.

"Leave me alone," I told him.

He didn't move. He keeps staring at me in a way that starts to