Beverly POV
When I finally arrived at my suite that evening, exhaustion crashed into me all at once. I felt drained to the bone, like every ounce of strength had been wrung out of my body.
Barely a day.
It hadn’t even been a full day since I arrived in this city, and already it felt like I had lived an entire week inside it. Too much had happened in just one day and it all sat heavy on my chest.
I peeled off my clothes and went straight into the bathroom, desperate to wash the day off me. The mirror caught a glimpse of my face before I turned away, pale, tired, eyes dulled by thoughts I refused to untangle just yet.
The moment the lukewarm water wrapped around my skin, as I stepped fully into the tub, I let out a slow breath resting my forehead against the cool tile as my eyes slid sh
