~Lily~
I swear my heart almost fell right out of my chest when I walked in. Like literally dropped through the floorboards of the yacht and sank straight into the ocean, because the scene in front of me didn’t even look real.
Connor had his hand slammed against the wall beside Bella’s head, his shoulders tense, and Bella’s eyes were wild and red, and I could still feel the echo of her scream.
And me? Oh God. Me. I was frozen in the doorway like the world’s dumbest intruder, hair messy, shirt slipping down my shoulder, no bra on, and my lips parted like an i***t because I had no idea whether to run or stay or speak or drop dead.
“Connor…?” My own voice sounded so small, like it came from a different body, like I was a little kid calling for someone in the dark.
They both turned their
