What did he just say?
No. Surely, I’d heard him wrong...
My entire body froze on the spot, my mind went blank, as I openly gaped at James. I was stunned beyond words. I couldn’t even find the words to piece together a proper sentence.
Suddenly, the look on James’ face started to shift into a look of pure shock as though he just realized what he’d said.
My lips parted in complete disbelief as I continued to stare at the man in fear. No. It couldn’t be true. How could someone like me be matched with someone like James? It didn’t make any sense.
Even after everything the two of us have been through together, there was no mistaking that we were ultimately worlds apart and were never actually meant to be paired together. It was all just part of a contract. That was the foundation of ou
