The moment Max stepped through the door, everything that had been building up inside me for days finally snapped. I had tried to hold it together. I had tried to be strong, to focus on the future we were supposed to have, but it was impossible.
Max was here, but his presence felt like a betrayal.
"Where the hell have you been?" I demanded, my voice shaking with anger. I was pacing now, unable to sit still, every step fueled by the fury that had been simmering inside me for days. "Two days, Max. Two days without a single word. No calls, no texts, nothing. What the hell is going on?"
Max's expression hardened, but there was a flicker of guilt behind his eyes—something I hadn’t seen in him for a long time. "Lily, I… I’ve been dealing with things, okay?" he said, his tone defensive. "Things
