LAKE

It breaks me.

She broke me to pieces. The way she looked at me, crying before me, and those eyes clouded with so much pain, I lost it. I blinked away the tears in my eyes but eventually fell.

How did we get to this point? I had no idea.

Our elevator ride to the penthouse seemed to become more unnerving as if we were going to a war with no return and no chances of winning, but I took that leap.

“Can I get you something to drink?”

“No.” One word was all it took.

I couldn’t take it anymore. “I lied.”

She settled on the couch, and...