Chapter One Hundred and Fifteen

SIENNA

I attempted to snap the door shut but couldn't because of how he immediately stuck his leg in the middle of the door.

“Don't say that. You know that's not true,” he said calmly.

“But it is,” I argued. “My mother left, Hailey left, he left and now you're doing the same. I don't know why I'm refusing to come to terms with the fact that I'm meant to be alone.”

Immediately I said that, I ran my hands over my face and quickly turned away from him. If anything, I even felt angry with myself for letting myself feel this way. For letting my emotions get the better of me. For feeling myself crumbling to pieces.

“I'm not going to leave you alone.” I felt him behind me. He was close enough that I could smell him. Somehow, the idea of him being so close was oddly reassuring. I gradually turned to face him. I was scared. Very scared. “I meant it. You're wrong. Yes, I was angry and to be honest, I still am, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to leave you alone,” he said.

Somehow, I be