Chapter 77

LYDIA’S POV

I didn’t know what to do. I didn't know what to say.

I didn't know how to breathe.

I just stood there frozen in the doorway of the bathroom, staring at Cassian while water streamed down his body, dripping from his skin and soaking into the marble floor beneath him.

His eyes remained locked on mine, dark and emotionless, and the hatred inside them made my chest ache so badly I thought I