ELLA

“Claire,” he said, and ran his hands through his hair. “I can call you that, right?” he added, and she nodded. “I’ve been through worse, and I promise I’ll be fine.”

“Please listen to him and let him go so we can carry on with why we came here in the first place,” I chirped, and she shot me a warning look.

I had never seen her react that way to anything, and I was starting to think there was more to her refusal to let him go than she was letting on. In all honesty, it didn’t sit right with me to let him leave without healing fully,...