chapter 56

CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX

ELARA

"I don't want to do this with you now, Elara," River said and walked back to his wardrobe.

My eyes went wherever he went. I watched him take off his jacket and hang it on the wardrobe door.

He walked back to me and pecked my forehead. Even though I tilted my head backward to avoid getting pecked by him, he still succeeded.

"I will see you some other time," he said and walked away.

For a second, I regretted bugging him. Maybe he wouldn't have left me all alone in this room again.

I rebuked the thought immediately. River was the one who was wrong and not me. I rolled my eyes and sank in my bed.

The rest of the day was a complete waste. I refused my dinner and decided to go to bed on an empty stomach. I had just covered myself with the sheet and was about to go into my dream world when River walked in.

I pretended that I didn't see him. He didn't say a word to me either. He just went straight to bed. The next morning, when I woke up, he was already getting d