Chapter 121

Maeve's POV

“I’m sorry. My aunt was being discharged and I had to make sure—”

“I sent a car so you wouldn't be late, Maeve. I didn't send it so you could give me excuses.”

He finally turned around, and the breath hitched in my throat.

He looked exhausted. His eyes were rimmed with a weary red, the skin beneath them bruised with shadow, but the intensity in his gaze was enough to pin me to the spo