Aliya’s POV “Nick!” I shouted as I rushed toward his retreating body, but he brushed off my calls. What had I done? How did I reduce myself to this? Why the heck did I even let him in? After finding out what my sister did because of Nick, I couldn’t contain my anger anymore. When I got home, I made an absolute mess of the place, and when Philip suddenly knocked on my door, the Aliya with a brain went MIA. Now, running after Nick, I realized the casualties I had just inflicted on myself. “Aliya, let him go. Stop running after him,” Philip called out from the main entrance of the house. His voice made my skin crawl, but I wasn’t ready to deal with that yet. “Nick, stop.” I finally caught up to him, clutching his shoulder tightly. “You didn’t have to yell my name like that.” He turned

