Chapter 53

SCARLETT

I couldn’t sleep the whole night. There was no way I would have let my guard down when Izer was so close.

The irregular beats of his heart against my cheeks told me that he didn’t sleep either.

We both just led in bed until the night changed into the morning. When the light fell on the room through the glass walls, I pushed him away one last time.

He let me go. There was no struggle, no protest, no words exchanged.

I went to the bathroom, washed up, and dressed up in casual blue jeans and a yellow crop top. My gaze lingered on my reflection in the huge mirror after I tied my hair in a ponytail.

‘ It’s your last day here. ’ Izer’s voice whispered inside my head in repeat mode.

Why did it have to be the last day?

There was a constant ache inside my chest that I had to endure every day of the last week after he revealed his truth. I was grateful that he didn’t show up after that and I didn’t call him either.

But last night, he just had to come and pour salts on my wounds. Now,