Chapter 68

FEELING THE HEAVINESS of her chest, Michelle had nothing else to do but cry while she was inside Jacob’s car. Without anyone’s knowledge, they left the party and traveled far away, where she could breathe and forget what she had seen in the hotel. It broke her heart whenever that particular scene replayed in her mind, and she could not help but feel sorry about herself for letting things turn this way.

If only she had been more careful... If only she had stopped herself from getting too close to Ethan. That scene would not have probably hit her to the core if only she wasn’t falling so hard for him. That thought alone made her lips tremble.

Jacob was silently driving the car. No one of them dared speak even a single word. He must have noticed how hurt she was that he had given her the space and time she needed in order to ponder everything inside her chest.

After almost an hour of driving, the car finally stopped near the beach. Michelle was no