Chapter 116

SOPHIE WESLEY

I stared at him, my heart in my throat, fingers tightening on my lap.

I didn't know the answer I was expecting or what I was hoping for, but I knew deep down that I would be able to bear anything else but ‘revenge’.

It would break my heart.

Knox stared at me with his lips parted, but no words came out. His face was unreadable.

I swallowed the lump in my throat and looked away, blinking rapidly to stop my tears.

“Why are you not answering? It's not that it's a difficult question…” I muttered, biting the inside of my lips.

Part of me was...