Chapter 100: she needs help

Zayne's viewpoint

Contentment. I was getting used to that feeling. Even though I had a lot going on for me, I never felt that way once before I met Larissa again, but I finally felt as though I achieved that. I wasn't halfway done with the plans I made for myself, but those plans no longer mattered. Sitting on the bed with my back resting against the headboard, watching her sleep peacefully and hugging my pillow, I felt all of that.

It was because the seed of confidence I planted in her was finally sprouting. It was because her father wholeheartedly acknowledged me and gave me the go-ahead to get rid of Neo. It was because my family felt whole. Starliss agreed to assist me. Yes, it has a lot to do with what her father said about Neo.

I always used to wonder if no one saw what he was doing to her. It didn't sound like something serious but for someone as easily manipulated as Risa, it was a huge problem. He bent her to his will. He made her live the way he wanted. He inflicted insecuri