Cassidy got home and dropped her bag recklessly onto the bed, sighing as the weight of the day pressed down on her. She had been holding everything in for too long, hiding her true emotions behind a mask of strength. But now, in the quiet of her apartment, she felt it all rush to the surface, the confusion, the guilt, the pain.
The encounter with Dave at the office had shaken her more than she wanted to admit. Seeing him shirtless, seeing that same familiar tension in his eyes, it had brought back memories she had been desperately trying to forget.
She pulled off her clothes quickly, each piece feeling like a burden she needed to shed. She tossed them onto the floor and stood in front of the mirror, staring at her reflection.
What had her life become? She had spent so much time being
