Chapter 3

I let out a mocking laugh and clicked my seatbelt into place.

"No, thanks. I'm your brother's fiancée. Sitting in the back with you might give people the wrong idea. I was the fool who didn't understand her place before, chasing after you like an idiot."

With that, I calmly told the driver to go.

In the rearview mirror, I caught a glimpse of despair and pain in his eyes.

Not wanting to see him anymore, I leaned my head against the window and pretended to sleep.

His voice came again from the back. "Eric is just not grown up.…