6. Midnights and sunsets

Finn

That hadn’t gone exactly as I’d imagined. I’d planned on seducing her, but she’d just pissed me off and I’d overreacted. I walked back in the house running my fingers through my hair and headed upstairs to my room. It was on the third floor and looked out over the gardens. The furnishings were navy blue, and the cream-coloured king size bed was against the far wall between 2 large windows with black-out curtains that overlooked the rose bushes. The walls were a deep blue and the ensuite bathroom was all white marble and gold. It was definitely luxurious, rivalling even the Onyx packhouse. I could see Everest sitting on the bench that I’d been laying on and it made an ache start to build in my chest. Fuck, what was this girl doing to me? I pulled the blinds down and tried to shake her from my mind under a hot shower. I laid down in the soft sheets and rubbed my eyes in frustration. The evening had left me with a pit in my stomach. The look of terror in her eyes when I’d grazed m