Page 94 of Too Far

The guys murmur their support, but their individual responses don’t reach me. I can’t focus on them or I risk falling apart. With a deep breath in, I fortify my heart and lock down my resolve.

There’s a high-pitched whining in my ears, a pit of despair nestled in my gut. It’s now or never. And never isn’t an option.

“One more thing.”

Fuck.

She was everything. She is everything.

This is for her.

For them.

For all of us, and for the future they’re destined to share.

Kendrick. Kylian. Locke.

And Josephine.

My Siren.

Their girl.

Jaw clenched so tight it sends a bolt of pain through my temple, I force myself to look her in the eye. Force myself to make my resolve unmistakably clear.

I swear she can sense what’s coming. Before I’ve spoken, her face screws up in disbelief. An instant later, her expression morphs into anger. She’s ready to push back and fight me, all before I’ve even opened my mouth to speak.

“There’s no easy way to do this, so I’ll just say it. You and I…” I nod to her, swallow down the vomit threatening to spew from my mouth, then steel my spine. “We’re done.”

The room is silent.

Silent and still.

Still, yet forever changed.

Closing my eyes, I allow myself to remember how she felt in my arms last night. How she clung to my body. How she pulsed around me.

It was enough.

It has to be enough.

Because she’s not mine anymore.

From this moment forward, she’s not anything to me.

Now, she’s just their girl.

Like the coward I am, I keep my head bowed as I stalk for the door. “Either you can move out, Josephine, or I’ll leave. It’s your choice. But we’re through.”

PART TWO

Chapter 43

Josephine

It’sbeenrainingfortwo days.

Not storming,thank god, but a persistent, miserable drizzle.