Chapter 8

Connor was in the hospital for three days until he finally regained consciousness. In the meantime, I hovered by his side, occupying my time with my own thoughts.

'This is what your coldness and indifference earned you, you bastard!'

'Everything is clear now. You've been playing me like a fool all along. I was too naive and lovestruck to realize how you had taken my love for granted. I fooled myself into thinking that you were playing all these mind games on me because you were too scared of losing me. I was deluded into thinking I needed to prove myself and earn your love.

'It wasn't until after my death that the veil fell off. I realized now that you've never loved me.

'I was a fool, and look what it had cost me.'

The first thing Connor did upon waking up was remove all the tubes attached to his body before storming out the door.

He had taken just one step out the door when a guard, whom his family had stationed outside his room to keep an eye on him, stopped him. "Sir, your pa