Chapter 50:

TESSA

I had barely processed what he had just said when he continued.

“I still wonder how I could have been so blind. All the time I invested in that relationship was wasted.” His tone was almost melancholic, but there was also anger underlying it.

I turned and sat down; his back was resting against the headboard while he stared into the darkness of a corner. “But on the other hand, it could have