Lina's POV
"Lina, you have to understand—Adrian really does love you. What happened with Freya was just a misunderstanding. He was—"
"Ms. Storm." I cut her off, my voice so light it barely stirred the air between us. "If he truly loved me, he would have explained it himself. But he didn't. All he did was run away."
"He—"
"I want to believe every word. I want to believe Adrian loves me. But my body can't feel his love anymore. And when I look into his eyes... I don't see anything left for me."
My chest tightened.
Because deep down, a part of me still believed. Believed that the way he'd held me—like I was the only thing tethering him to this world—couldn't have been an act.
But love dies sometimes. One day you're burning. The next, you're ash.
I pressed my palm fla
