Alec.
I freeze.
For a moment, it’s like the world forgets how to move. The only thing I can hear is my own heartbeat. Loud, heavy, and uneven, pounding against my ribs like it’s trying to escape.
Lola.
She stands there, looking perfectly fine. Her dark hair falls the same way it used to, and her eyes glint with the same wild fire I once thought was magic. But it’s not the same. It can’t be the same.
It’s been three years. Three f*****g years.
My throat feels tight. The air in my lungs turns to stone. I had searched for her, begged, hunted, lost sleep, and lost myself until I finally gave up. Until I told myself she was gone. That I needed to move on. That she wasn’t coming back.
I remember the heartbreak I felt when she rejected me. The pain that almost crushed me when I realized sh
