Charlotte's POV

"At least tell me why. If it's something I can solve, I will," he said with a low voice, but I shook my head.

"You're too good for me, Alex, that's why you should send me away. I've been traumatized since childhood; everything about me has no meaning. I don't know how to love because my feelings have been traumatized. My whole life is traumatic; I'm trauma itself, so please understand," I explained, and he remained silent. He was staring down at me; I could feel his gaze on me, and all I wished for was for the ground to open up and swallow me.

I slowly raised...