KAIA REYES
I woke up with a start. My chest felt like it had been pulled in two different directions, and for the first time in a while, I didn’t know what part of me needed the most mending..my heart, my pride, or whatever it was that had always held me back from being honest with myself.
But one thing was clear.
I needed to see Williams.
Now.
I had spent so much of my time wrapped up in Caleb, wrapped up in trying to untangle the mess he'd left in my life..that I’d ignored what was growing, quietly and steadily, in the background.
Williams... The man who had seen me through my worst, who had offered me something steady when everything around me felt like shifting ground. And I’d made him wait. I’d told myself I was being careful, that I needed time, that I had to deal with Caleb
