~HARRIET’S POV~
Lying alone in my bed, I count the minutes, hoping to fall asleep at any moment now. It, unfortunately, does not produce the desired result.
Though it is ignoble to hold someone else responsible for your inability to maintain your usual serenity, I can’t help but accuse Riley of the charge. In his absence, I might’ve been a little blue, but his return birthed even more anxiety, which left me tossing and turning through the entire night while wondering about his motives behind everything he’d said to me in the evening.
“During our previous unpleasant interaction, he’d done his best through his vicious attacks to make me acknowledge the hatred instilled within him for me, something I believed to be absolute and unchangeable. That’s why it is difficult to stomach his refr
