Chapter 41 When Guilt Tastes Like Desire

• Chapter 41: When Guilt Tastes Like Desire
• (Ava’s POV)
• How do you convince yourself you’re doing the right thing when your heart already knows you’re not? That question kept looping through my mind as I sat at my desk, my fingers slack over the keyboard, staring blankly at the screen. Last night, I had been wrapped in warmth—Walter’s arms, the comfort of his bed, the false security of thinking things might be normal again. But today? Today felt like I was balancing on the edge of something sharp, something that could slice me open at any second.