DREW
I slammed the door behind me and threw my jacket on the floor. I didn’t even know why I was so mad, but my chest was burning like someone poured fire into it. I started pacing the room, running my hands through my hair. My thoughts were all over the place, but they all pointed to one thing.
Ariana.
I couldn’t get her out of my head. Her eyes. Her voice. The way she used to look at me, even when I was being cold or rude. It was haunting me, clawing at my brain like a ghost that refused to leave.
I sat down on the edge of my bed and stared at the floor. It had been weeks since she disappeared. Weeks of nothing. No letters. No trace. No clue. And now they were forcing me to marry Rachel like that would somehow fix everything.
I buried my face in my palms and groaned loudly. “Damn it
