Chapter 57 An End To This Part 2

• AXEL
• "We need to put an end to an end to this," she told me calmly as she stared right back into my eyes and I blacked out for a minute, willing my ears so I hear what I just heard. "What thing?" I asked her, mimicking her calm tone because she surely didn't mean what I think she meant.
• "This thing between us," she gestured to the tiny space between us, "it has to stop, we're risking a lot of things just because of physical intimacy and I can't do it to anyone. My prestige and respect are on the line if I get caught."