Chapter 52

Daniel's POV Human nature would've had me wanting to laugh. Wanting to smirk and shrug and just walk away. But I cared. Kimberly's words drummed in my head like a freaking broken record, each word cutting deeper than the last. "I never liked you." I slammed the palm of my hand onto my forehead and shut my eyes, as if somehow that would wash the memory clean. The air in my penthouse was stifling, thick with something I couldn't name. I tore my tie off, slinging it across the room. It fell somewhere on the floor, forgotten-like my dignity at this very moment. How could she say that? After everything? A bitter laugh escaped my lips, and of course she would say that; Kimberly was ever quick with her words, pointed and razorlike, cruel if she chose to be. Still, was that the truth? I'd seen it: the loosening of her gaze whenever she never thought I was looking, the fingers fluttering restlessly when I pulled too close. No, she'd felt something. She must have. I ached in my chest, knowing I