(Aaliyah’s POV)
I was so stupid.
So stupid and so desperate to have someone love me that I had been blind to all the signs staring me in the face.
God, I should have known.
I should have seen the cracks, I should have questioned the suddenness of it all… listened to that voice in the back of my mind telling me something wasn’t right, because really, something wasn’t.
Our relationship happened too soon… I mean barely a month after getting close and we were already an item.
It was like a sudden bushfire, burning everything in its wake, and I know the warning signs should have instantly gone off in my head, but like every fool in love, I had ignored them all, ignored them, and let myself believe in the illusion, in the soft words and tender touches, in the way Jaime looked at me like I
