Page 145 of The Heart You Kept

“Eventually…I left.” He sighs.

“You left her on the yacht?”

“I had no choice; she was completely losing it.”

“Is she okay?”

“She had her staff with her, and mine were there too. I knew that if I was removed from the situation she would calm down and listen to them. She will be safely back at her place now.”

“Where are you now?”

“I’m at a friend’s apartment.”

“Are you okay?”

“It’s not a nice feeling to break a heart.”

“I know.”

“Anyway….” He tries to change the subject. “How was your day?”

“Not as dramatic as yours.”

Silence….

“I didn’t mean to scream at you.”

I smile. “Yeah you did.”

“Maybe a little,” he replies. “I just saw red when….”

“When what?”

“When I think of you with someone else.”

“Why?”

“You know why.”

I bite my bottom lip with a smile, more than he knows…I do know why.

“I just have a lot on my mind right now,” he continues.

“Okay.”

“Just….” He cuts himself off.

“Just what?”

“Can you just not….”

I wait for him to elaborate but he stays silent.

“What do you want from me, Edward?”

“I don’t want you to be with anyone else.”

Why?