Nicola's POV:
When Pete showed up at my door, eyes red and completely dejected, I barely felt a thing.
It felt surreal, like a far-off fog, that the time I spent with him was so distant, like it happened in a past life.
"Nicola." Pete stared at me with that longing look in his eyes, his wet, glistening eyes looking like they could spill tears any second.
"Is there something you need?" I asked, my tone politely formal.
"Come home with me. Come home, we'll make things work properly from now on. I'll never do anything to hurt you again, I swear." He sniffled. "Nic, ever since you left, I haven't been able to sleep a wink."
I couldn't even remember the last time Pete had spoken to me this softly. That softness from him was so distant it felt like it happened two lifetimes back.
But I wa
