[Book #2 in the Nystrom series.]
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[Dual pov]
I push the feeling away and ultimately concentrate my gaze on his upper body, which still bears the traces of my lipstick. "You did not remove them?" He smirks and closes the boo...
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AMAYAS POV
"You're really that happy?" Although Rowan is currently cleaning the dishes for me, he smiles and raises an eyebrow, and I lean my head to the side and nod. "Why wouldn't I be?" I chuckle, remembering the things that happened yesterday once Ivy came here to talk to me.
A day ago— "You want to talk to me?" I recite what she said despite the fact that my jaw would have already fallen to the ground if it weren't for my jaw's attachment to my head. Ivy's expression cringes as if she is puzzled by the touch of apprehension in my words, but suddenly it appears that she has remembered everything and hell has let loose once more.
I killed her father, I killed her father without thinking about what that meant for Ivy, and neither her own family nor anybody else intervened to stop it.
"Is it that weird?" She whispers to me, "Should I make an appointment if I want to talk to you or something?" She sounds as though someone is keeping her head under water and suffocating her in the deepest depths of misery as there is a touch of humor in her voice, but it vanishes as soon as it arises.
"No, of course. Should we talk out here?" I raise a question and watch how she nods her head as I step outside, closing the door behind me enough that I can still open it once I want to go back inside.
"I'm sorry," I blurted out, "I'm sorry," She said at the same time and silence fell upon our conversation, my mouth slowly closing as if I had said something incorrectly while I slid my hands in the pockets of my coat.
"For what are you sorry?" I ask her with confusion clouding my mind. The last time I checked I should be apologizing for killing her father, but now she is also apologizing to me?
"I shouldn't have come between Rowan and my...dad. I really hope you know that I wasn't trying to neglect your feelings or anything. I was just very confused and mad and—" Ivy blurts out in one breath that it even scares me so I place my hand on her shoulder and give her a smile.
"There is no way you could have known if Rowan and your mother had not told you the truth. I know you were not neglecting my feelings and nor did I feel like you were. I should be apologizing, I should have thought about you rather than myself at that moment—" The moment my mind starts to race with thoughts, I begin expressing myself out loud. This time, the blonde woman places her hand on top of my shoulder to stop me.
"I have to admit it, it hurts really fucking bad and I think I'll might have a panic attack soon," She confesses and breathes out before she tries her best to keep a smile on her face when she confronts me, "But you did what you had to do. It doesn't make you selfish or egoistical, the things he did shouldn't be ignored because I'm his blood."
