HIS DOE, HIS DAMNATION (An Erotic Billionaire Romance) novel Chapter 173

Alaric’s POV:

I had no doubt that my girl was going to stand up for herself against her sister. But she completely exceeded my expectations, even though I had no idea What I was expecting.

Watching her finally show her sister that she was her own person, independent, powerful… it made my heart swell more than it ever had before. However, seeing her break down in my arms shattered a part of me.

I couldn’t imagine losing Nolan the way she had lost Juniper-then again, Nolan wasn’t as psychotic as Juniper was.

“You’re okay, baby,” I murmured into her ear as she soaked my shirt with her tears. I wished I could make it stop. I wanted to make it stop, but this was necessary for Meadow. She needed to let it all out.

“I hate her,” she choked out. “God, I hate her so much. I wish she would just..”

“I know,” I whispered. “I know. Your sister has a lot of problems, Meadow. Standing your ground was all you needed to do to get her to leave since she wasn’t ready to change for the better.”I ran my hand through her hair as she pulled back to look up at me with those wide, wet eyes. “You’ll hurt now,” | continued. “You’ll definitely hurt. But you’ll also heal, and I know that for a fact, because you are the strongest woman I know. The strongest. You also have me by your side, which is a plus,” I added jokingly.

Meadow chuckled weakly. I pressed my lips to her forehead in a gentle kiss, and she melted against me, sniffing softly. “How do you always know what to say?”

“There’s someone in my ear who whispers random words of wisdom to me so I can reiterate them to you.”

This time, Meadow laughed out loud. “Someone’s got jokes tonight,” she said.

Her laughter warmed my heart. “What can I say?” | whispered, wrapping an arm around her waist. “I’m a changed man. An entire month without you must ve… done something to me. Ruined the old me.”

I noticed the exact moment my words got to her. She didn’t like to be reminded of the time that we spent apart

-which was completely understandable, considering the fact that tonight was the first time we were seeing each other after that month of silence.

Fuck.

It’d only been hours with her but it felt like days. In a good way, of course.”Baby…”

“Why didn’t you just tell me you loved me?” she asked, shaking her head. “So much time has passed, Alaric. Time that I could’ve spent with you if you hadn’t decided to just …” her eyes fell shut and she exhaled. “I’m sorry, I know we’ve talked about this, but I just can’t wrap my head around you being able to live your day to-day life without … without me. Because I wasn’t able to do the same.”

“That wasn’t living, Meadow,” I said, feeling my throat tighten. “Going to and from the office every day, sometimes making sure to submerge myself in work so l wouldn’t think about you too much-only to end up thinking about you.” I brushed a teardrop from her cheek.” Missing you, loving you, wanting you… longing for you.

That wasn’t living. And I don’t ever want to go through that again, because it is fucking torture. A life without you will be a miserable one for me. I can’t do it.”

Meadow gasped softly. “Alaric…”

“”ll go to therapy,” I said slowly. “Nolan’s been pushing me to go ever since I told him I could feel him. I mean, of course, I can’t tell her exactly everything that’s happened, but I’m more inclined to…”

Fuck. Saying the words felt difficult all of a sudden.

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