CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
I held still after giving Kai my response.
My heart pushed against my chest, beating hard, and he dipped his head in an abrupt nod.
“Fine.” He stood. His hand fell away from my face. His heat left my side. There was no comforting weight on the bed with me.
I shivered, feeling coldness in the room and knowing it was him pulling away from me.
“I’ll tell Tanner and Jonah to accompany you home.”
My mouth fell open. He left the room with quick and decisive strides.
He was actually doing it. He was letting me go, after what we’d just done.
The shock lodged firmly in my throat and remained there long after he’d left, long after I heard the door click shut behind him, and even when a staff person came in and began packing a bag for me.
I stood, shaking. “Those aren’t
