LAUREEN'S POV (18+)
I sat on the woven seat by the pool with my heart racing as the reality of what had just happened weighed down on me like a burden.
The warmth of Tristan's touch still lingered on my skin, but it was overshadowed by a growing sense of disappointment and devastation.
I had opened myself up to him, made myself vulnerable in a way that I had never been before, and yet he had stopped. He had looked at me with those intense eyes of his and had told me that he wasn't going to do that again.
But I was ready. At least I thought I was. Now, here I was, lying in the silence of the pool and staring at the skies once again, the weight of this disappointment pressing down on my chest and making it hard to breath.
I stood and walked back into the house and into the bedroom I sha
