Ever since Jasper left with Ava to talk, a lot has changed.
I tried to convince myself that it was fine. That I understood.That I had to understand. I saw the way she had looked at him with pleading eyes, and Jasper had looked at me with certainty—
"You don't mind, right?" he had said.
Of course, I minded. But what could I say? That I'm afraid of a girl who is supposed to be from his past? That I didn't like the way he looked at her like she is his world?
So, I agreed. Smiled. Let him go with her.
And that's the moment I lost him.
Maybe not officially. Maybe not in a way I can prove. But I felt it. The second he walked away, I felt the shift.
This night we are celebrating New Year's Eve countdown on the cruise ship, surrounded by music, laughter, fireworks painting the sky, an
