Chapter 36

Clara

Coming home feels like a death sentence. No longer will I share a hotel room with Alistair or lay there in that large, fluffy bed, excited because I know his arms will be around me before the clock strikes twelve.

“Clara?”

Alistair’s sudden voice makes me jump, and some of my dignity shatters when I notice his lips twitching in response. The bastard is laughing at me.

“Did I scare you?” he a