Chapter 160

Jayden's POV.

The door clicked open, and she stepped into the suffocating silence of the room. I’d expected... something.

Not this.

We were close. Too close. The air between them was thick, charged with an intimacy that felt like a punch to my gut. It was the last thing I wanted to see, the proof of what I’d been dreading, but seeing it was a whole different kind of pain.

Every nerve ending screamed. I didn't think; I just acted on pure, instinctive impulse. I reached ...