MINE: The Anti-Hero, Book One

Chapter 54

Sabine

As I fall asleep,Astor slides his arm out from under me, carefully lifts off the bed, and slips out the door without a word.

This time I wait for him to come back, knowing that he will. And he does, around two in the morning.

He settles into the armchair.

“I don’t like that you leave me after sex,” I whisper from the pillow.

“I don’t like that I can’t control myself with you.”

“So don’t.”

My words from earlier echo through my head. I love you ...

Do you love me?I think. Say it. Say it now.

A long minute stretches between us.

“I can’t do this much longer, Astor. Emotionally, I can’t handle this.”

When he doesn’t respond, I roll over and pretend to go to sleep.