დ Elara დ
Four days. It had been four days since the police station. Four days since I had stood in that hallway and watched Cole, no, Aidan, walk past me like I was nothing more than someone he had once known in passing. Four days since the truth had gutted me so cleanly that I was still surprised I could breathe without bleeding out. I had thought the worst thing a man could do to me was cheat. Turns out, there are worse things. Like letting me believe he was someone else entirely. Like letting me believe we were building something together while he kept the blueprint locked away in his pocket. I barely left my room now. Not because I couldn’t, but because I didn’t want to. Rowan kept knocking, and sometimes I answered, sometimes I didn’t. The house just feels different now, and I hated
