Chapter 532

If only I'd never met him, maybe it wouldn't hurt this much.

Maybe I wouldn't have this extra layer of pain, the kind only he could give me.

Hayden stayed quiet, and I finally pushed him away. "Just go."

If we're destined never to be together, then this small comfort he offers is just poison disguised as relief.

His eyes flickered, a hint of pain flashing through them as his jaw tightened. "Take care."

With those words, he turned and walked out. The phone, still ringing in the background, finally went silent.

I closed my eyes, feeling the ache in my head, like every heartbeat pulsing behind my eyelids.

But the phone started ringing again, persistent and unrelenting. I sighed, opened my eyes, and glanced at the screen. The name flashing there made me freeze.

It was Jace.

Right now, talking to him was the last thing I wanted. If my parents' deaths were somehow tied to me, then the ultimate root of it all was Jace.

If it hadn't been for his rare blood type, none of this twisted