I switched the phone off, peeled off my clothes and got into bed

Emma’s POV

It had been more than three weeks since the night Maddie walked in on us, and the silence since then had been unbearable. I had not spoken to either of them, though I tried, God knows I tried, especially with Maddie. She made it clear she wanted nothing to do with me, as if our friendship had truly ended. And for what? I could almost accept her shutting me out, pretending I did not exist, but Zane? That was something else entirely.

We had promised each other that if Maddie could not handle the truth, we would step back. But he never even had the respect to tell me face-to-face that it was over. His silence spoke louder than any words. To me, it meant everything we shared was fake. He never cared, not once, and the only fool in this story was me, for believing a single word he ever said.

The last three weeks had been hell. I had never felt this empty, this lost. To cope, I became someone I hardly recognised. Almost every night I was out, drinking too much, calling in sick to