(Matthew’s Point of View)
The moment the door swung open, it was like the world held its breath. The sight of him, standing there, was the last thing I had expected. For a split second, everything inside me froze. My heart stuttered, my thoughts scrambled.
Aaron.
I could feel the weight of the past crash down on me as I stared at him, the man who had been a shadow in my life for so long. The man who knew things I was still running from, things I had tried to bury deep inside me.
“Matthew,” Aaron said, his voice smooth, almost mocking. He leaned casually against the doorframe, a smug smile playing on his lips. “You’ve been hiding from me long enough.”
I stood there, rooted to the spot. I knew this moment would come eventually. It had to. But facing him now, after all this time, felt li
