Chapter 155

Jayden's POV

I slammed the phone onto the table, the plastic vibrating against the wood. My failure was astronomical. It was all spiralling out of control, and she was the last thread I had carelessly snipped myself.

I started pacing, the anger fueling my exhausted limbs. I was shouting, low and guttural, at the empty room, at the ringing silence, at my own profound stupidity.

The fury, hot and blinding, was consuming every last rational thought, when suddenly, the intercom, ...