Page 4 of Eclipse Sector
“Yes, and that’s precisely the problem. She needs to find someone better suited for her childish games. Someone who will actually appreciate her unsavory qualities, such as her boldness and her misplaced confidence.”
Unsavory qualities?I repeated to myself, my arms folding around my stomach.Misplaced confidence?
How…?
How have I so utterly misread this situation?
I…
I don’t…
“My point is, I’m not the one hung up on an Omega, mate. I just happen to have one who is annoyingly persistent. You have one consuming your focus. Those are very different situations.”
I flinched as Benz pressed a hand to my shoulder, his presence at my side something I hadn’t noticed until now.
One look at his expression told me he’d just overheard everything, too.
And the pity…
No. I shadowed out of the room, incapable of facing him right now. Incapable of breathing, let alone talking.
It felt like Cillian had punched a hole through my chest.
Ripped out my heart.
Andcrushedit beneath his heavy black boot.
I covered my face with my hands, my insides burning as my lungs forced me to inhale. But all I heard was this… this…wheezingsound.
Sort of like a sob?
But… but fractured?
Worse.
Destroyed.
“Sunshine,” Benz whispered, obviously having followed me.
I just shook my head. I couldn’t do this right now. “I’m fine.” Except I didn’t sound fine at all. I sounded raspy. Like I’d just run a marathon or something.
But no.
I’d just been run over by Cillian’s cruelty.
“That was him convincing himself that he’s not into you,” Benz insisted. “Trust?—”
“Don’t,” I told him, my tone harder than seconds ago. “Don’tmake excuses for him.”
“Sunshine—”
“No,” I cut him off. “I… I just need…”
Well, I wasn’t sure what I needed, but I shadowed back into the ballroom, primarily to escape Benz. Which was stupid. He just wanted to comfort me.
However, I didn’t wantcomfort.
I… I wanted…
