Isn’t it about time I accept the fact that some people simply aren’t meant to have an easy way of it?
Fated mate or not, I was never meant to be with Alex. But I wanted him to choose me. For once in my life, I wanted somebody to choose me, and that is why I have been so upset this whole time. I was foolish. Why on earth would he have chosen somebody like me?
It’s getting colder, but I don’t want to move. The water keeps flowing over my legs, and I welcome the biting cold.
“So, what now, Sophia?” I ask myself tiredly. “What’s your next move?”
I will have to stay away from Alex at all costs. That is the only way through this that I can see. But on the other hand, I could accept his sponsorship offer and demand that my identity not be revealed.
There’s nothing for me in this town. I don’
