MADDIE’S POV
It was evening already.
The sky outside had turned that dull shade of blue that always came before the night fully settled in, and I sat there on the couch, staring at nothing, my thoughts running in circles.
I had missed classes.
Not just one.
Not just two.
An entire day.
My chest tightened at the thought.
Next year would be my final year.
Final.
Apparently, since was almost done in Texas before being transferred here.
The word echoed in my head like a warning bell.
I didn’t come all the way to France just to mess everything up. I didn’t leave everything behind—home, my parents, even the little comfort I had to what? To become…
The one who started strong and ended in disaster.
No.
That wasn’t going to be me.
It couldn’t be me.
But sitting here… locked in his
