Clara’s POV
You probably think I’m a monster.
Maybe you’re right.
Real love is sharp. It cuts you, leaves scars you trace over and over, like proof you were once alive.
Ethan was my greatest joy and my deepest wound.
I walked away from him once. God, I wish I hadn’t. He was drowning in debt back then, a man barely keeping his head above water, working himself raw just to make interest payments while his so-called friends vanished one by one.
I tried to help,I did. It was beyond me so I left.
I told myself I was protecting us both, but the truth? I was a coward. I ran, and I let him fall alone. That was my sin, my unforgivable mistake.
And then came Dominic. I know him. Dominic doesn’t.
It was raining one of those steady, endless rains that make the streets smell like metal and r
