Chapter 263

"I'll be staying with Markus until I get better.” "Why?" "You can't certainly be asking me that." "What about Lucy? She's been asking about you? She's going to be sad.” What about me? He looked torn as he met my eyes. "It's what best for her. She needs to get closer to her Dad and I shouldn't come between that.” I scoffed. “Did Philip put you up for this?" He glared at me. “I'm not making this decision because of him. Yes, he did approach with money but I didn't accept it. And I also didn't want to agree to what he wanted. It's just...This is the right thing to do, Danica." "Right thing?" He moved closer to me, his face few inches from mine. "Then what is the right thing to do?Do you want me to stay with you?" I do. But if I tell him that, he might find out that I like him. He moved backwards. “That's what I thought.” And then, he walked up the stairs. When he came back down with his clothes, he didn't spare me a glance...he left my house...he left me. And I stood there feeling so empt