NOAH
She had left it here months ago, back when we were still "us." Back before the breakup, before she told me I was pathetic and boring.
Back when I had been foolish enough to think I'd be the one putting a ring on her finger. I brought the fabric to my face, and a faint, ghost-like scent of her perfume still lingered in the fibers.
A flood of memories hit me, but they felt strangely distant, like a movie I'd watched a long time ago.
Lila had dumped me because she thought she'd found someone better... someone she thought was Cassian Wolfe.
That mistake led me to punch the actual Cassian, which led to the contract, which led to Spain, which led to Alex…
She started all of this, I realized, standing frozen in the middle of my studio. And I haven't thought about her in weeks. I literally forgot she existed.
It was a staggering realization. My entire world had been defined by the heartbreak she caused, and yet, in the span of a month, Cassian Wolfe had consumed everything.
