Chapter 133

KATE

On the way to my apartment, I tried not to dwell on the confusion I was feeling and ended up growing a bit concerned about him. How could our relationship be so unstable? Just hours ago, I had told him I loved him, and now I was rethinking how harmful this relationship could be.

When I got out of the car, it was starting to rain. I went inside, throwing my bag on the couch, and grabbed a bottle of wine and a glass before heading to my room. Where I took off my shoes and everything else.

A bath and a bit of wine, that way I could organize my thoughts. I turned on the hot water to fill the bathtub.

I was feeling a discomfort, like a tightness in my chest. I felt bad for leaving him alone with his own thoughts now. Maybe I could even understand him a little more, after what Stephan had told me. But it didn't change the fact that I felt used in a certain way. But it had been so long, as Stephan said. Yet all the signs he was showing of this dark side of hi