I sat by the large window in the living room, staring out at the rolling hills beyond, but I wasn’t really seeing any of it.
My thoughts were too tangled in the mess of everything that had happened in the past few days, in the strange, unsettling dance between me and Dylan.
I ran my fingers through my hair, the weight of it dragging my thoughts down further. I felt… lost.
Not just physically, but emotionally. Everything around me was so pristine, so perfect, and yet I couldn’t shake the sense of suffocation that had settled over me since I woke up here.
Dylan had left the house earlier, something about work or a meeting or whatever it was that kept him out of the house so often.
He hadn’t said much, just a quiet goodbye as he slipped out the door.
Part of me felt relieved, like I co
