Chapter 4

I walked slowly down the wide road after leaving Vincent's mansion; the nearest bus stop was over a mile away.

My heels rubbed raw blisters into my ankles, and a wave of exhaustion crashed over me. The resolve I'd held onto for so long felt punctured, my spirit deflating completely.

I once believed that marrying Julian would let me wrap him in all my love, thawing his cold heart little by little. But he was not ice; he was unyielding cold steel. Holding onto him only left me freezing from the inside out.

But how could I ever let go…