Chapter 25 BREAKING POINT

Alina's POV

The knock came twenty-seven minutes into my self-imposed exile. I had been staring at the countdown on my phone as if it held all the answers to life, and with each ticking minute, my anxiety grew. So when the knock finally came-strong and unmistakably from Jaxon, I felt my stomach drop.

"Come in," I said, trying to keep my voice stea