As I stared at Alex, my breath was uneven and my body was still tense from my outburst.
Who hurt you this much?
The question lingered in the air between us and felt thick and suffocating.
I swallowed hard as I thought about it.
It was a simple question but it carried a weight that weighed down on me and dragged me back to a past I had fought so hard to bury.
A past that still haunted me. Yesterday was a big proof of that.
Liam. My mother. Charlotte.
I could still see them—Liam holding Charlotte’s hand at the altar, my mother smiling at them like they were the perfect couple like I had never existed and telling me it was all business. Liam giving me divorce papers to sign in front of his wedding guests as if he delighted in hurting and shaming me.
I clenched my fists even as th
