Chapter 137

The people around us were still talking when I saw Jonathan striding toward me like a storm rolling in. Alicia called out from behind, "Jonathan! Where are you going?" But he didn't even glance back. He marched straight up to me while looking at me with chilling intensity. I hadn't realized I'd done something so wrong, so I looked up to meet his gaze. In the next second, he grabbed my wrist tightly. A jolt of pain shot through me, and I instinctively frowned. That was when he noticed he was gripping the same wrist I'd once tried to take my own life with. His grip loosened slightly, and his face softened just a little, but his expression was still terrifyingly cold. "Elise." He called my name in a voice laced with barely restrained fury, like he was biting the words out through clenched teeth. If there hadn't been so many people around, I wouldn't have put it past him to actually do something to me. "Let go of me." My voice was low as I struggled against his hold. He stepped fo