Chapter 196
~ Nathaniel ~
I sat in my car as the sun began to rise, my hands gripping the steering wheel so hard my knuckles had gone white.
Four and a half hours. I'd spent four and a half f*****g hours listening to my brother make love to the woman I wanted.
The woman I thought I'd had a connection with. The woman who'd looked at me with those soft eyes in the hospital. The woman who'd almost kissed me in my car before Navine interrupted.
But clearly, I'd misread everything.
My chest felt hollow. Like someone had reached in and carved out everything vital, leaving just this empty, aching cavity where my heart used to be.
I'd come back because I was worried. Because the thought of Hailey alone with Marcus still out there had eaten at me until I couldn't stand it anymore. Because I
