Drake Merwin couldn't get Astrid Ellison out of his head. Something about her was just so different.
But he didn't want to quite embrace it. Like the way Caine embraced his feelings for Diana. That wasn't what Drake was about. He was about being cold and violent and indifferent.
He didn't want to be some stupid fool in love. To be cuddling with Astrid on a sofa, or to hold her hand and walk around the beach.
Even if her skin was soft…
And when everyone expected him to come after and murder Astrid, he just sorta had to. Even if in some small part of him, he was ready to let her keep living her life.
But nobody could ever know he had feelings for a girl- and not violent feelings like with Diana. Actual romantic feelings. People would think he was weak. Masking them would just be easier.
Plus, maybe if she was gone she would just stop flooding his thoughts.