ANIKA’S POV
“I’m on my way, Anika, stay safe until I get there.”
I nodded even though he couldn’t see me. My fingers tightened around my phone like it was the only thing grounding me right now. “I can’t wait, Liam,” I said softly, and then I hung up.
For a moment, I just stood there in the middle of the room, staring at nothing.
This was it.
No more second-guessing. No more waiting. No more hoping for something that would never come.
I exhaled slowly, then turned toward my wardrobe and got to work.
I packed everything that was mine.
Clothes. Shoes. The little things I had bought for myself over the years. The things that still felt like me.
Everything Simon had ever given me?
I left it behind.
Every single piece of it.
The dresses. The jewelry. The little trinkets he threw at m
