Chapter 258:
Julie's POV
I was drowning amidst the sheets, my body feeling a heaviness it had never known, as if every cell in me had finally surrendered to that delicious exhaustion following the storm.
I thought I would open my eyes to find warmth filling the room, but what greeted me instead was a sudden chill that lashed against my face. I slowly raised my gaze toward Robert, and the breath froze in my chest.
This was not the man who had left me moments ago with tender touches and silent promises. He stood there like a statue of cold marble. His features, which had softened for me hours ago, were now as sharp as a blade.
And his eyes… My God, those eyes held a strange look, devoid of any human spark a look I hadn't seen in him even in his worst moments of rage. I felt a sudden tightening in my heart, as if a heavy stone had crashed down upon it.
I tried to gather my shattered self, my voice trembling and barely audible. "Robert... answer me... what's wrong?"
