CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
THE SECRET IS OUT
DEREK’S POV
Two Weeks Ago
My life has been monotonous for as long as I can remember. A rinse-and-repeat cycle of waking up, training, keeping my head down, and making sure everything was fine. The only time it ever felt like something sparked was when I was with Sienna. Until she dumped me.
No warning. No long conversation. f**k, she dumped me over a text.
Sure, we’d been fighting more often in the weeks leading up to the breakup. But still, she was my soulmate. I felt it in my bones and so did she. Everyone knew it. That kind of connection doesn’t just vanish. I thought I’d win her back. I told myself it wasn’t over. Not really. We just needed time. Space. Something. But not this.
I was scrolling through her i********: when my father walked i
