Milky white eyes widened as he untangled himself, turning his body to where we were facing each other, “That’s news to me,” he took another long swig before handing the bottle to me, “Seems like you’ll need this more than I will.”
A soft giggle escaped my lips, “I’m not so sure. You might need it to drown the sound of my voice after a while.”
He pinned me with an unamused stare, “So you had a mate.”
“Getting right into it,” I huffed, “Yeah. His name was Wes,” a deep ache filled my chest, “He was a f*****g phenomenal man. One of the best I’d ever met.”
“Why does it feel like there’s a but?” Phantom quirked a brow.
“For a blind man, you are very perceptive.”
“I’m going to choose to take that as a compliment,” he chuckled, grabbing the bottle from me.
The alcohol did its job to
