Chapter 107
[Song Recommendation: Billie Eilish - I Love You.]
"So let me return to my old self, just this once, how I was before our fateful encounter that night. When I was cold and unfeeling, so I couldn’t care less about what people thought of me," Henry muttered. "So I can protect you from this mess completely."
Henry knew what he was risking, what he was putting on the line. He knew that whatever relationship he had with Kate right now would be done for the moment he slept with another woman.
His heart told him not to do it, he could no longer even imagine a life without Kate at this point.
"But this is the only way for me to protect her, the only way I won’t hurt her. Someone else has to take her place or else Kate will be hurt so bad to the point that she’d rather choose death."
Thus, Henry walked out of his apartment staggering and swaying as he continued to feel the effects of the alcohol. Michael quickly ran to his side, keeping him steady, propping him up the moment he opened the door.
"Sir, did you continue to drink while waiting for the replacement woman to come?"
"Yes," Henry replied without hesitation. "I have to, or I don’t think I can fuck another woman. My mind has been filled with thoughts of Kate and our time together whenever I think about the great crime against her I’m about to commit."
Michael nodded. He knew it must be hard for Henry.
So he silently helped his Boss reach the apartment where Lydia March, the woman he was supposed to sleep with today, was brought to.
Michael already told Lydia his Boss wanted to do something ’unconventional.’