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I threw open the door of the dome, relishing in the silence of being alone and I let out a gut wrenching sob that was as desperate as it was painful.
“Fuck,” I cried, slamming my fist against the domed windows. I tore away, headed for the shower, when the door opened, pulling my attention once more.
Grayson stood in the doorway, the lantern light casting a golden glow on him, his blue button down soaked, clinging to his perfect chest, his dark hair wet, hanging in his eyes like some Esquire Brand Mr. Darcy.
And I both hated and loved it all the same.
“I can’t do this with you,” I said, my heart beating so loud I thought it would echo in the room.
“Henry, please, it’s not… it’s not what it looks like,” he said as he took a step closer.
Enraged with several years of pent up baggage, in his presence I came undone.
“Oh really, Grayson? You going to tell me he tripped and fell onto your perfect mouth, and you were giving him CPR?” I growled.
“He’s… Cody’s not important to me. Not anymore.”
I let out a dark laugh. “Anymore, right.”
“Henry, please, just listen to me!”
“Listen to you? Listen to what, your lies? You said I was yours!” I cried, my stomach turning in anguish.
“You promised!” I yelled, as several years worth of trauma unleashed itself on Grayson.
Grayson stepped forward, but I held my hand up to stop him. I worried if he got any closer, I might actually explode into a million pieces.
“Don’t,” I said shakily. “Just… leave me alone,” I said through tears and sobs.
“Henry…”
“I mean it, Grayson,” I said as I headed for the shower, not looking behind me. Because I knew if I did, I would see Grayson’s heart breaking too.
And I’d know it was because of me.
CHAPTER 34
Grayson
The morning was quiet. Too quiet.
I’d spent the night tossing and turning, my body cold from the chill in the air. Henry slept curled up on the edge of the bed, far away from me.
It had been poor timing that he’d show up the moment Cody decided to be… well, Cody.
I’d pushed him away, but the damage was done. Henry saw him kiss me, and he must have thought…
Well, it was more than apparent what he thought, because the tears running down his face were enough to cut me to the bone.
I’d pleaded with him to listen, but he wasn’t capable of listening. Seeing Cody and I set off some trigger, something buried beneath Henry’s charming, sweet exterior.
Perhaps it was the very trigger that had kept him with one foot out the door, this entire weekend.
Whoever had hurt him… I wanted to wring their fucking neck. For tarnishing this perfect man who deserved the world and made him think he wasn’t enough.
He was worth more than gold.
I needed to make him understand that as far as I was concerned, there was no one else, and the moment I saw him crumble before me, his voice full of pain as he cried “you promised,” I knew there would never be anyone else.