Chapter 15

"What was this past month supposed to mean then?" Laurel suddenly screamed as tears spilled down her cheeks. "When you hugged me, kissed my forehead, and brought me to Barrite to see the Enfo Tower—what were all those things supposed to mean?" She hysterically grabbed a pillow from the couch and hurled it at Chad. "If you don't like me, why would you do all those things for me?" Chad breathed heavily, yet no words came out of his mouth. Only then did he realize—all those tender actions over the past month had been nothing but muscle memory. He'd thought he still loved Laurel, so out of habit, he'd treated her like a lover. "Did we… miss our chance?" She let out a bitter laugh as tears slid down her cheeks. "I was so stupid, even going to Willow and asking her to give you to me…" Her voice grew softer as she said, "Turns out, I'm the biggest fool of all…" Dejected, Chad hung his head low. "I'm sorry. We can still be siblings in the future…" "Siblings?" Laurel's mocking laugh inte