AUSTIN’S POV
Two days.
It's been two days since Ashley stood outside Sophie and Jade's place and told me she was in love with Micheal Kingston.
Two days since she admitted without hesitation that the man she wanted—the one she'd fallen for—wasn't some faceless stranger or ex-boyfriend. It was him.
Her father’s best friend.
The man who had everything.
And somehow, that broke something in me I didn't even realize was still intact.
I thought I'd buried those feelings. I thought the years and the space and the parade of failed relationships would've dulled the edge. But all it did was push it down until it festered.
Because it was always her. Always Ashley.
From the first time she smart-mouthed a teacher in high school, then turned around and winked at me like we were partners in cr
