#Chapter208

He walks back to me carrying both of them as ice clinks merrily in the liquid. I just watch him silently, feeling out of my head somehow; An alternate reality where Alexi is my friend and caregiver and I forget how much I despise him. A reality where I need his company to help me feel okay.

‘Here. Best thing for you right now.’ He hands me a glass and sits beside me, dropping an arm behind me along the couch to cage me in, even though he doesn’t physically touch me, and without hesitation I fall in against his side and rest my head on his shoulder sighing...