Chapt. 37

She had gone through a lot and he was ignorant of it. He didn't take time to know what she was going through, all he had time for was to use her for his selfish pleasure. He felt ashamed of himself.

Mason subconsciously cursed himself for being a part of her ordeal.

He kept rubbing her arm, listened to her heartbeat until it turned to a familiar melody.

"Did you hear him out?" He calmly asked not to trigger any form of negative emotion.

"I didn't want to. No justification from him will make sense and less of a wicked man."

"Lou, you should've at least let him. He's probably drowning in guilt and trust me, that's the worst feeling ever," he paused to think a bit about himself, "do you realize that if not for that encounter with your mum I would've never known you? Worst still you would not exist."

"I prefer to not have existed."

"And I do not. There's a reason for everything, you know, and those reasons have to be known to the ignorant for the better. In my opinion, babe, you sho