Chapter 121: Acceptance in the Winter Wind
(Connor’s POV)
Snow began to fall around us, delicate flakes drifting down like scattered moonlight. Olivia stood before me in the garden, her honey-brown hair catching the crystalline drops as they settled on her shoulders.
Her amber eyes met mine, and I saw something in them that made my chest tighten with dread. A finality that hadn’t been there before.
“It’s OK,” she said quietly, her voice barely audible above the whisper of falling snow. “Just remember to take it off later.”
Her gaze dropped to the Timber Wolf Chronograph Watch on my wrist, the platinum gleaming mockingly in the moonlight. The watch she had given me with such hope in her eyes.
“Con, I know that love can change.”
The words hit me like silver bullets, each one fi
