LOGIN“How could you?” Noah demands, his voice raw. “You knew I was regretting how I treated her. You knew I wanted a chance and you took her from me.”A humorless laugh leaves me, and I shake my head. “Are you serious right now? I didn’t even know who she was… And I met her when you were still treating h
ADRIAN.I don’t remember getting into the car. I don’t remember starting the engine. All I remember is the look on her face and the chilling words she said.It keeps playing in my head, wreaking havoc in my already depleted soul.We had such a great day. I cleared my schedule and spent the entire da
“No,” I answer immediately. “I didn’t.”“Not even a suspicion?” he presses.“No,” I repeat, frustration rising. “Why would I lie about that?”“I want to believe you, but…”“But what?” I insist. “Why can’t you accept it as it is? A messed up, terrible coincidence.”“Because from where I am standing,
“It’s not nearly enough!” Noah pushes back.I stare at him because really? Does he not know when to shut the fuck up and leave?I get that this must come as a shock to him—not that I care—but it’s a shock to all of us. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I’d end up dating one of his best friend
I never pried because I thought that once we were more serious in our relationship, I’d meet them because they were part of his circle, just like he would get to meet Lilly.Looking back at those conversations…I should have asked more. I should have pushed. I should have at least asked for a name. M
SIERRA.“Adrian?”The name leaves Noah’s lips like a ghost.His name and the familiarity in it loops in my mind on repeat, echoing over and over no matter how hard I try to shut it out.“Noah?”Besides me, Adrian stills as if he’s seen a ghost. He looks at Noah like he doesn’t trust what he is curre
Everything inside me freezes at his words. They echo in my head like a broken record, over and over again, each repetition more suffocating than the last.This is impossible. Maybe they’re wrong. How could someone want me dead? Who would want me dead?I stare at them, unable to form a single word. M
That shuts her up. The car falls back into heavy, tense silence.My heartbeat spikes the moment we pull up to the hospital. Lilly doesn’t even wait for me to park before she throws open the door and bolts toward the entrance.“Shit,” Uncle Gabe mutters, already getting out to follow her.I park as q
I stay quiet, pressing my lips into a thin line. Everything inside me is fighting the whisper of his name in my head.The same man who once wished I could disappear can’t possibly be the one who waited two days for me to wake up.I want to deny it. Want to say that it isn’t him but I can’t. Not when
When I look up, Lilly’s glaring at me. “What the hell is going on, Noah?”I exhale, rubbing the bridge of my nose. “The police were here earlier. They told us someone’s been trying to kill Sierra.”Her jaw drops. “What?”“They found out her brakes were tampered with. And the equipment that almost cr







