{Ellie’s POV}
I couldn’t breathe.
It seemed as though the breath had been knocked off from my lungs, and any moment I could die here, and yet I wouldn’t feel any regret at all. If Noah was the last person I’d see before I disappeared from this planet, then I would happily die without an ounce of regret at all.
I didn’t know why Noah had suddenly started treating me like this. It felt almost like eternity since the day I met him and found out he was Rhys’s best friend. I forgot the pain I felt because of his harsh words and how much I forced myself not to cry that night.
I hated him.
I hated how much I felt attracted to everything that he does while I was like a pest—an outsider who was forcing myself to fit in their house—to him. I remember how many tears I shed every night, wishing t
