Chapter 118

NATALIE

For a whole week, I stayed close to Ryker. He took me to the office when he left, brought me to visit all the places he had to go to, and carried me back home in his arms when I was too tired.

As Anne said, Ryker behaved normally when we were close. He started acting aloof whenever I was away, even for some minutes.

I kept him away from Britney all these days. I didn’t let him meet her when she was discharged and sent to Zio’s house. She was so close. I was so scared that she was going to come knocking on our door anytime, but thank Goddess, she didn’t come.

During this week, I have tried communicating with Evangelina’s soul, multiple times in my dreams but I always wake up when she turns to look at me. She is burning all the time. When I stare into her eyes, something starts burning inside me too. I feel sad, so fucking sad. My heart hurts even when I wake up in the middle of the night and find Ryker sleeping beside me. It won't be wrong to say that communicating with her is