Chapter 158
The silence in the car was deafening. Drogen's heart pounded in his chest, still reeling from the aftermath of what they'd just done. His breathing slowly steadied, but his mind remained in chaos. He couldn't tear his eyes away from Natasha, her disheveled hair framing her flushed face, her chest still rising and falling rapidly.
Reality crashed down on him like a brutal wave.
She said she was married.
He hadn't wanted to believe it—had clung to the hope that it was a lie, just some twisted way of pushing him away. But now, with her still wrapped in his arms, the fear crept back in.
She'd chosen someone else. No matter how fiercely he wanted to deny it, it still lodged itself in his mind, suffocating him.
Natasha shifted, and the movement snapped him out of his thoughts. She pushed at his chest, and though every instinct told him to keep her there—to never let her move away—he reluctantly loosened his grip.