The moment Abigail stepped into the cafeteria, her knees threatened to buckle. Her hand brushed against the doorframe while she tried steadying herself, as the echo of his voice and the sight of his face replayed over and over in her mind.
Kai. Of all people, of all places, of all the cities she could have started anew...why here? Why today?
She had thought she had escaped him. The endless nights of pretending she no longer cared, the painstaking effort of packing her life into boxes and leaving everything behind. This city had been her salvation and her chance to breathe again. And yet, somehow, he had managed to carve his way into her life once more, like fate itself was mocking her.
Her chest rose and fell in uneven rhythm as the panic threatened to take over. She wanted to run back
