SOPHIE'S POV
One month.
One entire month.
And somehow... the universe had dragged every single second of those thirty days into an eternity.
Ever since the semester break started, the campus had felt like a ghost town, and my apartment felt even emptier. I had tried to fill the hours. I studied until my eyes blurred, organized my closet three times, and facetimed Lila until her international roaming bill probably hit four figures. But no matter what I did, there was a persistent, nagging quiet in my chest.
The only person I had missed almost as much as Lila...
Was the guy standing in front of me.
Landon Brooks.
He was leaning against the brick pillar outside the campus café, the autumn wind rustling the collar of his denim jacket. He looked exactly the same, yet entirely different.
