ANNIKA’S POV
The sound of the falling rain was like my heartbeat— slow and steady, and then, fast and loud at one moment. I was sitting on the couch, my mind lost in a sea of thoughts while I stared blankly at the walls of my apartment.
I've been sitting here for quite some time now, yet I didn't have the urge to stand up or move. I suddenly felt exhausted, even when my work wasn't really that tiring.
I let out a deep sigh. It was Caspian.
He was the reason why I was feeling this way. I never really realized how tiring it was to argue with him. . . To face him. . . To repeatedly push him away. His words rang inside my head, and for a moment, I felt enraged.
‘How can you do it so easily?’ he nagged inside my head.
I let out a sarcastic laugh. Oh, how I wish it was so f*****g easy! But
