Mag-log inI passed my hand over my face and leaned back against the cushions as Amy went on to talk about each exercise. It all felt silly and useless, although I wouldn’t say that out loud. Not to her face, at least.But the truth was, I didn’t think any of this would work. Not when there was still a looming
Ellie’s POVI turned slowly to look at Dominic.“You hired a couples therapist?” I blurted out. “Since when?”“Since this morning, when it had been all night and you didn’t come home,” Dominic replied easily. “I figured it might be beneficial for us to talk to someone. A person who’s unbiased and tr
“You mentioned trauma before,” he said once they were gone. “And I’ve been thinking about that, too. I think whatever happened to you, whatever it is you won’t talk about, it’s affecting the way you see me. The way you see everything.”He wasn’t wrong. But he also wasn’t right, either. It was more c
Ellie’s POVI took the coffee from him, wrapping both hands around the warm cup, and followed him out of the library. The campus was already bustling as students went to their morning classes, many of them holding cups just like these ones.We walked in silence for a while, sipping our coffee. Domin
“But I’m hurt.”Sarah’s expression had hardened. Her jaw was set, and her eyes were shiny with unshed tears.“I’m really, really hurt that you didn’t tell me sooner,” she said.I opened my mouth, but she kept going.“I thought I was a better friend to you than that,” she said. Her voice cracked a li
Ellie’s POVHuffing through her nose, Sarah dragged one of the nearby chairs over and sat down in front of me. She folded her hands in her lap and waited with a quirked brow.I took a breath and started talking.In as much detail as I could, I told her everything.I started, of course, with how I ha
Dominic POV The applause hasn’t even finished rippling through the room when my parents say Ellie’s name.I stand there on the edge of the stage, jaw tight, shoulders squared, every instinct in me bristling.I didn’t know what to feel.Relief it wasn’t some princess I didn’t know?Shock that my par
Ellie POV Dominic doesn’t say a word.He just takes my hand and turns, already moving, guiding me through the crowd like this is inevitable and not wildly out of no where.“Dominic?!” I half whisper, half yell, as the dance floor opens beneath our feet. “Dominic! Let go! What are you doing?”“We’re
Vivian POV I am not nervous.Nervousness is for girls who don’t plan.I smooth my gloves as I stand at the edge of the ballroom, breathing in candle smoke and polished marble, letting the music settle into my bones. Every detail tonight has been chosen with intention, every curl pinned just so, and
This time, I’m not soaked.And no one was hurt.My hand presses to my temple. Thank gods.The applause hasn’t even finished fading when Vivian’s voice cuts through it.“She rigged it!” She points innocently. “I’m sorry! But! She did!”The room stills.I turn just in time to see her step forward, loo







