hapter 3
Chapter 3
Skylar’s heart skipped a heat. She glancvil at Victoris, who met her gaze with a smirk while pulling out her phone and setting a timer.
A mitwar later, right mate, the alarm rang.
in call, quickly working g up tears. She turned to the front seat, her voice trembling,
Victoria pretended to answer a ea
Cal, the housekeeper just called my puppy’s really sick. I’m so worried. Could you take me home now?”
Callias pulled met, frowning at the relentless rain. When he turned back and sow her tear streaked face, he besitated before shifting his gaze to
Skylar
“I need to take Victoria to the West Side. Its out of the way y – you should grab so her from here.
Victoria quickly thrust an umbrella at Skylar, not giving her a chance to refun
lar’s eyes moved between them before she wordlessly opened the car door
Rain seeped through the broken umbrella, quickly soaking her clothes..
The downpour was too hegy for any rideshare to spot her. She had to run, using her bag as makeshift cover.
After thirty miserable minutes, she Enally reached the visa office, drenched al disheveled.
With her paperwork done and still no ride in sight, Skylar had to walk another hour home in the rain.
By the time she made it back fever burned through her. She collapsed onto her bed, dizzy and aching
Her dreams were dark and strange, her body dang with cold sweat as she fled from shadowy monsters.
When she finally forced her eyes open, she realized the monster was Callas.
He held her in his arms, spooning medicine between her lips. His voice was gentle, tinged with worry. “There you go, haby. Take your medicine. You’l
fool better soon.”
Skylar couldn’t tell if this was reality or another fever dream
She swallowed the medicine before drifting off again.
When she next wake, her fever had broken.
She instinctively reached beside her.
Empty
Only his phone buzzed insistently on the nightstand.
She picked it up to find has friends tagging him in their group
“Cal, you’re o
nehat.
one hell of an actor dropping a multimillion dollar deal just to rush home when your little stepsister got sick?”
“Guys, I think he’s actually
ly caught feelings. Running every red light to get back to her? That’s not acting.”
“Agreed. No one gets that worked up unless they’re in deep.”
At the button, Callias had replied just once;
“Love her? I’d rather die. I’m just playing my part. The more she believes it, the more it’ll destroy her when she learns the truth. Isn’t that the point
Eich word made Skylar’s heart freeze.
Tive years together, and all she got was “I’d rather die than love her.”
Nine Chances to Break a Heart: The Love That Never Been Chosen
Chapter 3
Callias, you heartless hastand.
She felt het strength drain away, her hand dropping limply.
The bedream door opened.
Callias walked in with bot veater, his face changing when he saw the plane, pickly snatched away.
His usually lary draw carried a him of tension. “What did you see?
Skylar lowered her head, hiding her reddened eyes. Her y voler was rougle “Was there something I wasn’t supposed to see?”.
She couldn’t understand. If he knew how deeply she’d fallen in him, why did he stop?
Why drag out this charade so long?
still being careful, still afraid she’d discover the truth.
Wasn’t he tired of pretending all this time?
Enough! He’d won! She was already broken beyond repair!
Oblivious to her thoughts, Callas assumed she was just emotional from being ack. He quickly pulled her into his arms, soothing her. “No, baby, I was just planning a surprise for you. Since you’re upset, I’ll tell you early, okay?
“I found out Denmark allows marriage between step–sibangs. We could move there, make it official Em already working on the deta
They’d had this conversation countless times on endless nights before
Now, hearing it again, Skylar felt nothing but a dead calm where her heart used to race.
She knew there was no future for them anymore.
In ten days, Callias’s life would no longer include Skylar
And bars would no longer include him.
