(Aaliyah’s POV)
The moment I stepped into Jaime's apartment, a sense of peace enveloped me, and the many thoughts that had been running through my mind finally quietened now that I was in a place I identified as a safe space.
The entire afternoon had been a whole emotional roller coaster, one that I had totally been unprepared for.
It had really shaken me up, and I could tell that it had shaken Jaime too, the poor man. He had been apologizing incessantly since we left his parents' house, his voice tinged with so much regret and concern, to the extent that I had had to fake sleep at a point just to get him to drop it.
It wasn’t his fault the views his mother held about me, but I could understand why he felt like it was and why he was beating himself over it.
I mean, he had assured me t
