Chapter 281 Understanding Me

• Serena POV
• Rich shifts, locking eyes with me, and for the first time, I feel like he actually understands me in a way no one else ever has. “That’s what you meant, right?” His voice is softer now, but no less intense. “It’s not about wanting to die. It’s about the rush, that perfect second where everything is stripped away, and all that’s left is you, real and raw and fucking untouchable.”
• I nod slowly, my stomach twisting with something I can’t name.