I Walked Away And He Lost His Mind (Zephyra and Steven) novel Chapter 270

My heart felt like it was being roasted over an open fire. The guilt from both my past and present lives weighed on me so heavily I could barely breathe. I looked up at Steven’s cold, impassive face, my eyes burning with unshed tears, and I did the only thing I could think of. I knelt before him. The raw wound on my knee screamed in protest, but I didn’t make a sound.

I felt his body go rigid.

“Steven, I know this is nothing for you. And I’m not asking you to do it for free. I know I’m poor, and I don’t have the money to make you trust me. But if there’s something else you want, something I can do for you… like design work… I can do that. I have some commercial value, I’m not completely useless. I’ll work for you. I’ll be your employee for ten years. Is that enough?”

His voice was like ice. “Get up.”

“I’m sorry about this morning. I shouldn’t have upset Verna. She’s beautiful and kind and gentle, not at all conniving or strange. I actually like her. I didn’t mean to bully her; I just have a sharp tongue. If that’s what you’re angry about, just help me contact the doctor, and I’ll get on my knees and apologize to her right now. I’ll beg her to come back to you. I’ll make sure she doesn’t hold a grudge.”

“Zephyra.”

Tears streamed down my face, blurring my vision. Rebirth had changed my heart, taught me that some choices were impossible, some battles unwinnable, but it hadn’t changed my circumstances. Why was I still so powerless? Why were the resources I so desperately needed always out of my reach? Was it because I hadn’t worked hard enough?

“If it’s not that, then I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have made you angry. You’re a good person, a great person, not some horrible jerk. I… I should have rushed to the hospital last night in tears. I shouldn’t have lied to the nurse about you having a mistress and a child. I shouldn’t have taken advantage of your situation to extort money from you. I was wrong. I was so, so wrong. I’m sorry. You can punish me however you want. You can hit me. Just please, I’m begging you, save Horace.”

My vision was a watery haze, so I couldn’t see the look on Steven’s face.

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