Chapter 94 — “Don’t look away.”

The moment Desmond closes his apartment door, I take a deep breath and turn slowly towards him, with my heart beating fast and desperate against my chest. Suddenly, I’m nervous, and butterflies swirl in my belly.

Desmond slowly walks towards me, his body shrouded in shadows that are only softened by the lights of New York City coming through the window. The nights here are always long, but from t