“And that makes it okay?”
“Of course it’s not okay!” I snap. “But, frankly,youare not the person I need to be apologizing to right now.”
“You’re damn right about that.” Her eyes are suddenly full of tears. “After everything she’s already been though, today…”
My gaze narrows. “What the fuck are you talking about?”
Carly’s chin jerks up. “That’s for Felicity to tell you. Or not. Frankly, if I were her, I’d never speak to you again.”
“Just tell me where she went, Carly.”
“She’s gone.”
Pain lances through my heart.
No.
Not again.
Please, not again.
“What do you mean, she’s gone?”
“She left.” Carly shrugs. “Went back to the hotel. I think York drove her.”
Relief courses through me, but I barely have time to feel it. I’m already running for the side door.
“She said she didn’t want company!” Carly calls after me.
I don’t even pause.
This isn’t about what she wants, or even what I want.
It’s about something both of us need.
Chapter Thirty
felicity
I’m sittingin the empty soaking tub, still wearing my sparkly dress, my knees curled tight to my chest, when I hear him walk into the penthouse. He doesn’t flip on the lights as he moves room to room, searching for me, nor does he announce himself when he reaches the bathroom. I don’t turn my head to look as he lingers on the threshold; I simply know he’s there, as though my body sings out to his through the darkness.
The bathroom lights are faint — the wall sconces dimmed to their lowest setting, the ambient glow from the urban jungle out our window casting faux moonlight everywhere. His footsteps echo softly on the tile as he crosses to the tub. Without saying a word, he climbs into the empty basin and settles back, directly across from me. It’s so large, we don’t even touch.
Our eyes meet. The pain in his mirrors my own.
“Felicity…” he whispers.
“Don’t.”
His brows lift.
“Whatever you’re going to say…” I suck in a breath. “Just don’t. Not right now. I’m still…” I swallow hard. “I’m still trying to process what I’m feeling, right now.”
“Just tell me one thing.”
I nod, waiting.
He expels a sharp breath. “Do you hate me?”