#Chapter 79: She Already Has A Husband

Cara’s POV Alaric’s features instantly harden at my question. “Do you...love me?” I asked him. For every moment that passes without a response, it’s as if the question continues to echo around us, endlessly repeating. His mouth forms a hard line, and he looks down at the ground, folding his hands with his elbows resting on his knees. I wait. And wait. ...And wait. And finally, he speaks. “...No.” The word hits me like a bullet. Like all the air immediately vanishes from my lungs in a great gasp, stealing all of my oxygen. It feels as though the ground has been pulled, no, ripped, from beneath me. Like suddenly there’s a great hollowness that exists inside of my chest. And to think, I had told myself that I was over him. I realize with the freshness of an open wound that I am disappointed. Completely and utterly disappointed. I realize something has left my heart. The expectations, fantasies, and past that I once had… they have departed from me. That's