Emily
Nicholas said he’d give me space. Technically, he did. I just didn’t expect that to mean being stuck in this massive estate all by myself while he disappeared to God knows where.
He told me he wanted me safe. That he’d stay out of my way. I wouldn’t have to see him unless I wanted to. And that’s what I asked for… right?
Yeah. Sure. He lied.
After everything… the dates, the late-night kisses, the way he looked at me like I mattered, I really thought we were getting somewhere. But now? Now I realized I could never truly know Nicholas. Not all of him. His world was too deep, too dark. He wouldn’t step out of it, wouldn’t even stretch out a hand to pull me in.
He knew my foster parents. He knew Jake. And still, he watched me visit Jake’s grave like a ghost haunting his own past. He
