~Lily~
My stomach dropped so hard I almost lost my balance. Connor’s hand was still around Emma’s throat, his fingers tight, his stance wide and furious, but his gaze was locked on me.
Only me. He looked like the entire world had narrowed down to the space between my heartbeat and his breath. He didn’t blink. He didn’t move.
He looked at me like I had gutted him.
Emma struggled in his grip, her heels dragging across the floor, clawing at his arm, but Connor didn’t even glance at her.
His knuckles were white, his jaw tight, and the second his eyes landed on my face..my flushed cheeks, my parted lips, my trembling chest..his hold on her loosened.
She collapsed to the floor, coughing and gasping, crumbling like paper beneath the weight of what she just witnessed. She backed away from
