chapter 197

Olivia's Pov

"You need a cold bath," he told me and I raised my eyebrows at him.

"I'm fine, I just need to take a stroll," I mumbled, not feeling my voice, and tried to remove my hands from his but he clutched his hands tighter on my hand.

"Not looking like this lady, you don't look good." I didn't have the strength to argue or to retrieve my hand so I let him do whatever he was doing. It was okay to take a cold bath as he had requested. Maybe my boiling head would at least be calm.

I couldn't think straight when Jake was revealing all that had happened. I even blamed myself for being too eager to listen to him. If I had known earlier I wouldn't have made him speak so I wouldn't have had to face the guilt I had in my heart. I was torn and I blamed myself for everything that had happened.

Of course, I don't need anyone to tell me that I was the cause of what had happened. I was selfish and I had to pay a price for my negligence. Why should I have left? I continue to ask myself. Bec