Chapter 465

  He stays put, staring at me like he has lost all ounce of self-preservation and has no reason to get up anymore. It rips my soul apart in so many ways and I start to whimper in defeat pleading with him to stand up.

  “I want you back, Sophs … I need you. I can’t keep going on like this, without you. It just gets worse with every passing day. I can’t do it …. I’ve tried and I can’t live a Sophieless life.” He swallows hard, his voice breaking, his voice barely audible as a tear rolls down his cheek, shrugging dejectedly, and my floodgates open with a vengeance. I start sobbing too, in agony because he is and unable to look at him or move away to give myself distance, breaking because I broke him too. My rock isn’t allowed to break. How can I be strong when he isn’t anymore.