King Izaiah POV
The only thing I wanted was to be closer to her. I knew I messed up. I f****d up—big time. I could only be grateful she hadn’t rejected me. Yet. She was the other part of my soul, and I would never feel complete without her.
I knew she deserved better, but I couldn’t bear to see her with someone else. So, I had to make myself better. I had to be the man she deserved.
I couldn’t go a day without her, without her smile. The one I saw her give only to others. Without her eyes, the green eyes I drowned in. Without her voice, even when she scolded me. It made a warmness fill my heart. One that had been cold and broken, filled with darkness.
The life she had, the journey she’d been on—how did she stay her pure self? The strength she possessed wasn’t something I had ever se
