CHAPTER 155
Click—!
The door clicked shut behind Ray, leaving the remaining occupants of the room staring at the wooden surface for much longer than they probably should have.
The silence that followed was heavy, pregnant with the echoes of Ray's furious, heartbroken departure.
Van remained standing in the exact same position he had occupied while Ray was still in the room.
His mind was a chaotic storm, replaying one specific sentence over and over like a broken record.
"You're my last anchor in this otherwise gloomy world."
Van had always known how much Ray cared for him.
That devotion had been demonstrated countless times, stretching back through the long years of their shared childhood to the present moment.
Even now, the tech genius couldn't quite fathom why Ray had become so fiercely possessive over his safety.
