Rayla was curled up in her dorm room, wrapped in her favorite blanket and completely absorbed in *The Fault in Our Stars*. The movie was one of her go-to comfort watches, even though it always left her in tears. She was at the part where Augustus was in the hospital, and the emotional weight of the scene had her clutching a tissue, her eyes already glistening with unshed tears.
The soft glow of her laptop screen was the only light in the room, and the quiet hum of the movie was a soothing backdrop to her thoughts. Scarlet had left earlier for a party, as usual, but Rayla had refused to go. She didn’t want to risk running into Asher, especially after the tense encounter at the café earlier that day. The last thing she needed was more drama.
Just as Hazel was delivering one of her heartbre
