บททั้งหมดของ Coming Out of the Deep : บทที่ 121 - บทที่ 130

Lake's POV Lux's eyes widened as the question left my lips. She stumbled forward a few steps before looking away, her jaw trembling as if she was trying to hold something in.But I didn’t look away. I kept my gaze on her, waiting for a response. The doctor's voice as he sang of Alec's injuries played over and over in my head, and I needed to understand this madness."I did not intend for Reed to come after Alec," she said, her words tripping over themselves. “I only told him Alec knew about us because… because I wanted him to understand how much I love him. I wanted to show him that….” She couldn’t finish and my heart stuttered in my chest. So it was her. She was the cause of this incident.Lux’s voice cracked as she apologized again, tears spilling from her lashes, but I couldn’t let her finish. “You wanted to show him what? That you chose him?”"Lake-" she started, but I interrupted, saying she had not chosen, though had she? "Just the other day you told me you loved them both," I

Lake's POV I came to a stop just outside the tree line in front of Kairos's house, not wanting to go any closer. The house was a little deeper in, tucked behind the trees.Leaning forward against the steering wheel, I sighed, hoping Kairos had listened and passed out inside the house. It was late, past 2 a.m., and my body felt like it had been through a washing machine and back.I was still eager to see him. But I was exhausted, and if he had already fallen asleep, I would simply turn the car around and leave him a message for the morning.I reached for my phone to call him, and it did not even ring. Kairos picked up almost instantly, and his voice slurred as he said, “Come inside…” to which I let out a short, dry laugh. Of course, he would say that. Clearly, the alcohol was still talking. He knew it would be a bad idea for me to come inside. Plus, I would never do that to his Luxncée.“I’m not coming in. You have to come out. I’m parked by the trees.”There was a pause, then he mumb

Lux's POV I swallowed hard, and there was a moment of silence as my stomach twisted violently. "You did?" I muttered, barely recognizing my own voice as the words slipped out of my mouth, and tears stung the back of my eyes, as if they had been waiting for an opportunity to fall.“Yes.” His gaze was fixed on mine, and he stood up and approached me, each step echoing like a crack in my chest. He stopped in front of me, and I raised my head to look him in the eyes once more.His expression was not one of smugness or gloating. All he appeared to be was exhausted. But still, I felt myself shatter, piece by piece, at the thought of him with someone else.The worst part was knowing I had no right to feel this way. I had slept with someone too. I made the first cut. And Reed hadn’t even found out from me. He found out in the worst way possible. I did not even have the decency to spare him that.But knowing that did not alleviate the pain. “I didn’t do it to hurt you,” he spoke again, hand c

Reed's POV“What?” Lux whispered, her voice barely discernible. Her face was pale, and I did not blame her. Hell, I was still shocked. The words had barely left my mouth, and already they felt like someone else had said them. But they were mine, and I meant them as much as they tore me apart.I woke up this morning to find her curled up next to me, and as I looked at her, I thought about how much I loved her. And with that, I reflected on how I would eventually break her heart. I thought about how unfair it would be to ruin her chances of finding someone who could give her everything just so I could have her all to myself. It was selfish, and that was when I came to this decision.We were still young. Perhaps we were too young to consider eternity, but time did not stop for us. What if we stayed together, made it through the storms, and reached the point where she wanted more, wanted a family, a home, a child in her arms?I’d seen the way she lit up when she talked about those things,

Lake's POV Alec's expression caught my attention as I walked into the room, and I was perplexed by his joyful demeanor because I knew Lux had stayed behind to speak with him and had stated that she had decided to choose Reed.I imagined their conversation to be unpleasant. But I guess I was mistaken. "And then? What’s with the happy face?” I inquired, telling myself that Lux might not have informed him; perhaps she wanted to wait until he was out of the hospital with him.His words, however, disrupted my thoughts. He said he and Lux had reconciled. I gaped in confusion, and when he explained, my jaw dropped to the floor. "What? What do you mean she would also see Reed?"He explained, and for a moment, I was speechless. I knew she liked both of them, but dating them both? I was unsure how I felt about that. How the hell was that going to work? Since when was that even acceptable?Did Lux even know what she was doing? I had so many questions, and Alec answered them, but I still did not