Justin
Watching Marissa leave the office in such a hurry left me numb. My shoulders drooped, and a stillness spread through me as if I were disconnecting from my own thoughts.
I blamed myself and kept asking why I had opened my damn mouth to tell her the truth.
I had lowered my worth to someone I had feelings for. Someone I was falling in love with.
Now she was going to see me as something twisted and cursed, which, in truth, I was.
Living a lie. Hiding behind a façade that I was a strong, destined future king.
A sharp pain pressed against my chest as I lifted my gaze, wishing this curse could be transferred to someone else. Wishing I had never been born.
The secret was out. There was no future left. Everything was crumbling, breaking me down, exposing me as worthless and naked, on
