Chapter 78

CRYSTAL POV

The bathroom was the only place that had oxygen infused into the walls. The only place I was able to breathe.

I placed myself center and front before the giant mirror and the white marble sink and stared back at my reflection.

The beautiful girl I saw when I left my place not more than 5 hours had transitioned into such a mess of mascara cascading down my cheeks, ruined makeup, and puffy eyes. It was as though I had been through 4 world wars' and I was still going strong.

But that was nothing compared to the roaring flame that pulsed between my legs.

This was not how I planned it.

Hell, this was not how I hoped our first meeting would be.

In my head, I had replayed our first meeting to be grand, classier than what he just happened.

I planned to meet him in a coffee shop and buy him his favorite red velvet cake and coffee before spilling everything out. I would watch the shock and surprise on his face, and I would explain that I was just afraid he would hate me for bringin