Chapter 5

It had been a month since James and I last got into touch. One night, when Emily asked him to stay again, James finally said no. "Emily, Claire and I haven't talked in a month.

"I'm worried about her. I need to go home and check on her."

He frowned as he pried Emily's fingers off him while speaking.

Anyone who knew him well would recognize that as a sign he was at his breaking point.

Maybe it was because James had always kept his cool around Emily, so she had no clue what the look on his face and…