~Will POV~
The next few days were nothing short of hell. Every moment without Nancy felt like a knife twisting in my chest. I missed her missed her laughter, her touch, her presence beside me. And yet, I couldn’t go to her.
Not yet. Every time I thought of her, every time I imagined her alone, crying in her apartment, my chest tightened with guilt. She had even failed her second school practice, and it was my fault. My cowardice, my silence, my inability to protect her and face this situation head-on—it had all caused her pain.
I felt like the worst kind of man. A coward. A weakling. But what could I have done? If I had told her the truth, if I had confronted Ritah head-on, she could have released that video.
Nancy’s entire future, her career, her life ruined all because of me. I cou
