* Please Read Book 1 before starting this one *
"Please tell me what should I do to have your trust back on me?"
She was begging him despite being so strong and bold.
His eyes shot an annoyed glance as he reacted, "Do yourself a favor and get out o...
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Something broke and cured inside me at the same time when I heard about her return, my eyes kept staring at the screen of my phone while my thoughts wandered into pieces of my broken soul and my heart started thumping against my chest almost provoking me to accept her as she was back as she said in that letter.
But what's the point she left me, she made that choice unlike Ruhi cause she hadn't that choice to begin with.
I'm better off alone.
"Uncle, are you okay?"
My eyes moved to Xarna who rushed inside my study like a storm and tried to sit on my lap but failed so I just lifted her and she adjusted herself comfortably over me, her tiny eyes browsed my face for a while and then she sighed like any mature person.
"Is something bothering you?"
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I hummed and faked a smile at which she just shook her head.
"You promised that we would go for ice cream today, have you forgotten?"
I wanted to refuse but her puppy eyes convinced me, her presence almost drove my gloominess away.
A short ride later, we were in front of her favorite ice cream parlor as she was licking her favorite mint chocolate ice cream, I was leaning against the hood of my car lost in my deep thoughts, my face hardening and hands fisting roughly.
I don't know what I feel because I feel nothing other than endless rage and hatred towards her. The rift in my soul is just expanding every second that couldn't bear even the spec of her existence so it'll be better if we stay as strangers.
Because I don't think I can even breath in the same space as her.
"Uncle, do you want some?"
Xarna offered me her ice cream innocently but I just refused and turned to the other side not wanting to upset her with my foul mood.
"You seem extra cold today".
Her comment was answered by my silence, my eyes roved across the street for some distraction and they froze at the sight of him, that smiling face that seemed happy, unlike my dark barren soul.
