NIINI'S POV
The walls of the Grayson estate were excessively immaculate, excessively silent. Each noise I produced reverberated towards me, reminding me that I wasn’t meant to be here. I shouldn’t have gone, but when Cleff messaged that Leena was in the hospital, I abandoned everything. Even if no one had requested my presence.
I halted before her door.
She wasdozing when I initially entered. Curled up like a child beneath the fluffy white sheets, her lashes were dark against her fair skin, her breathing gentle and rhythmic. You might assume she was merely relaxing after a tiring day, not mending from heartbreak, treachery, and everything Zack had inflicted on her.
I perched in the chair next to her bed, my fingers fidgeting. My eyes stung with unspilled tears, yet I fought to hold
