Chapter 42

Laura's POV

I stared at Eric with tears in my eyes, I couldn't even open up to reply him because I was choked with tears. Is this the truth? Why does it hurt so badly?

Eric made to move closer to me, “Laura...”

I shunned him not to move an inch closer, stopping my tears from trickling more. It wasn't clear to me why I was pouring out tears in his presence when I shouldn't. After I've decided not to make him see me cry or anyone else.

“Laura, you aren't saying anything. I hate seeing that tears of yours, tell me if I did something wrong,” Eric's eyes softened, but I didn't bring myself to look him in the eyes. I knew what could happen next.

“Really? You hate seeing my tears? Am I supposed to be sure about that, or you actually like seeing me cry and that's why you keep getting me hurt?” I replied bluntly, and he was rendered speechless for a while.

“This…” I stretched out my hands to reveal to him the photos which were with me. He gazed down at the photos on my hands with a dumbstruck