MY FATHER'S BEST FRIEND,MY FORBIDDEN ADDICTION 의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 5

Chloe's POV My father’s house is my safe place. At least, it’s supposed to be.But when the big iron gates closed behind me, it didn’t feel like a refuge. It felt like a beautiful, quiet cage.I’d been hiding in my old bedroom for three days.The world thinks I’m hiding from the scandal. The pictures. The whispers.And I am.But that’s not all.I’m hiding from my own heart. Because it does this stupid, hopeful jump every time my father even says his name.“Richard is coming for dinner tonight,” Dad said at breakfast. He didn’t look up from his paper.My fork slipped. It clanged loudly on my plate.“Why?”The word was too sharp.He finally looked at me. His eyes are usually warm. Today they were flat. Like stones.“Because I invited him. He’s my oldest friend.”His voice got gentle. “He’s called me, Chloe. Every day since it happened. He doesn’t ask for gossip. He asks about you.”A shiver cut down my spine.Every day.---Then, salvation roared up the driveway.Rita’s bright red conv

Chloe's POV He didn’t let go all at once. It was slow. His arms loosened, and his hands slid down to my elbows, then fell away. The air felt cold where he had been.We didn’t speak. We just walked to the stone bench by the dark water and sat. Not touching, but close. My body still felt warm from where he’d held me. My cheek remembered the soft wool of his shirt.I pulled my knees up and looked at him. The moonlight showed the tired lines near his eyes. He didn’t look like my father’s friend just then. He just looked like a man. A man who had seen me cry and hadn’t looked away.Then the words left my mouth in a quiet breath.“What’s the worst way someone can betray you?”I don’t know what made me ask it. The words were just there, sitting in the quiet between us, and then they weren’t.“What would you call the worst kind of betrayal?”The night felt thick. We were on the stone bench by the pool, the water dark and still. Richard didn’t move. He just stared ahead, his face half in moon