CLARK'S POV
Eva’s message burned into my phone screen like a scar I couldn’t rub off.
“For using my sister against me, I will ruin you Clark…The battle line has been drawn.”
I read it again.
And again.
I didn’t reply.
Not because I didn’t have anything to say but because I finally understood something painful and clear.
Being her enemy would destroy me.
Trying to be her hero would only push her further away.
If I wanted to get close to Eva again, I had to do the hardest thing of all.
I had to be neutral…not her savior….not her enemy.. neither her lover.
Just… present.
That was why I went to her apartment that day.
That was why I swallowed my pride and apologized to her, and to Daniel.
I remember the popular saying “if you can't beat them, join them."
And that was exactly w
