Chapter 45 Thread Between Us

• SOFIE
• I made sure to use his first name, needing to put some distance between us. I needed to remind myself that I couldn’t let him close again. The hurt was too deep, too raw. I wouldn’t be his project. I wouldn’t be anyone’s charity case.
• He looked at me, his face stricken, like the sound of his name on my lips had gutted him. His mouth opened, but no words came out at first, just a rough breath that sounded almost like a sob.