Chapter 192 — Should Have Never Left!

Julian

I loved her.

It was a truth I had been holding onto for so long, long enough for it to feel like a burden. I had said it like something sacred, something that should have been revered, only for her to look at me like I'd handed her a loaded gun.

Silence shouldn't have been louder than screaming, but it was.

Her not saying it back echoed in my brain long after I walked through the door. It followed me down the path, through the gates, and into ...