Chapter 76

“Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.” – Michael Corleone

JORDAN POV

I hated it. The look on her face… the pain so raw and evident on her face. I hated knowing that I am the one who put that look on her very beautiful face, I hated that she was shutting me out and making me struggle into putting the smile back on her face. I hated the fact that she chose her mother’s arms to cry on instead of running to me and hiding from the pain in my arms.

But what can I say when I was the one who dumped the whole shit onto her lap. Hot and steaming.

The thought alone summoned great hopelessness that clung onto my tongue whenever I looked at her, and I fuckin’ hated it.

As though it couldn’t get any worse, Melody pulled her hand from my hold as soon as we were out of sight and earshot, then took a step backward, away from me. She went ahead by bundling her hands around herself, shielding herself from the bitterness of the situation.

From me!

“You came home early.“ she pointed out, a