Chapter 25 Sabastian's Plea

POV: Sebastian The silence between us stretched, thick and heavy with all that remained unsaid, giving the remnants of the party an elusive quality, like fallen confetti swirling about. I hadn't moved; I hadn't spoken since I'd finished. The admission, raw and naked and exposed, had gripped my regret sharply against all that Scarlett had so carefully painted of me over the years. The woman I looked upon felt like a stranger and yet intimately familiar; her eyes held all the pain I had inflicted and all the remorse I held now.