Jaxen POV
“We’re here.”
I turned off the engine and got out.
When Scarlett didn’t move after a while, I impatiently opened the rear door, only to discover that she’d fallen asleep at some point.
The woman who’d been laughing so boldly just moments ago now lay with her eyes closed, looking so quiet and obedient that she hardly seemed like the same person.
I reached out to wake her, but before my hand could touch her arm, it dropped back to my side on its own.
Standing beside the open door, I lowered my gaze and studied every inch of her.
I’d had plenty of time over the past few days to look up information that might confirm what I believed.
Yet I hadn’t wanted to do it, and that only made everything more confusing.
My mind told me I’d loved her, that she’d abandoned me and termin
