AUTHOR'S POV
Jason continued, stepping even closer, his eyes demanding validation. "What else was I supposed to do when you were freezing me out?"
Lila's hands clenched into tight fists at her sides. Every ounce of lingering hurt, every sleepless night, and every drop of self-doubt she had carried since finding out about his betrayal suddenly curdled into something entirely different.
Anger. Pure, unadulterated, white-hot anger.
Finally. After months of feeling like she was the one who had failed, the fog broke.
"You want to know what you should've done?" Lila asked, her voice dropping into a dangerously calm, steady register.
Jason blinked, clearly caught off guard by the sudden shift in her demeanor, expecting tears or an argument, not this.
Lila stepped forward, reclaiming her sp
