Ashley
I had enough of people talking s**t about us. First at the party and now at my workplace too. I couldn't handle all of that. I struggled to breath as I thought about all the gossip I had heard from them.
I looked into Zach's eyes and felt like I was going to break down in front of him.
Zach said softly, his gaze steady. “ You need to understand that they don’t see the whole picture. They don’t know what we went through. They think this is a joke.”
I looked away, the memories flooding back. Our arguments felt like a thousand knives cutting through our love, the distance that had grown between us until it was too late. “It’s not a joke for me. I’m here to work, not to relive our past.”
He sighed, running a hand through his hair.
“You’re right. I shouldn’t have said something li
