Chapter 94

• Haven sat on the edge of his bed, gazing at the purge space where Alexis’s things had once been. The room felt colder, emptier. A deep throb settled in his chest as he replayed the discussion they’d had as it were hours before.
• Alexis’s words resounded in his mind like a broken record: “It’s Matthew, Haven. I’m leaving you for him. I can’t keep pretending anymore.” How could she say those things so effectively? After everything they’d been through together, after a long time of building a life, a home, she had just torn it all apart, like tearing a page out of a book.
• Haven couldn’t comprehend how somebody could drop out of love so rapidly, and more regrettable, drop into the arms of another man. He leaned forward, his head in his hands, incapable of stopping the tears. It wasn’t just the disloyalty that stung. It was the suddenness of it all, the realization that he was now totally alone. Alexis was gone, and he didn’t know how to place the pieces of his life back together.