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KyleI woke up to an empty bed. The side where Maddox should have been was cold, the sheets neatly pulled up, like he’d been gone for a while. My hand brushed over the spot, half-expecting to find a trace of warmth left behind, but there was nothing. When I sat up, the faint morning light filtered in through the curtains, and that’s when I noticed a folded notepaper on the bedside table. My stomach tightened. For some reason, I already knew it was from him.The handwriting was sharp and neat, just like him. "Had to leave early for a meeting. Eat the breakfast I made for you before heading to school. Don’t skip again." Despite that, I could almost hear his voice in the words. I let the note fall from my fingers and sank back onto the bed with a sigh. I didn’t want to go to school. The thought of it made my chest tighten. Collin’s voice, his smirk, the whispers that followed me down the road— they all came rushing back until my head was spinning.I pressed my palms over my face and took

KyleMy whole body shook so hard my teeth chattered. The phone kept buzzing against the floor, the sound vibrating through the room like a heartbeat that wouldn’t stop. I couldn’t look away from it. Even when the screen dimmed and the ringing stopped, I could still feel it—his name, his voice, that shadow I’d been trying to escape since the day I realized he’d been following me. Collin.Hayden’s voice cut through the fog in my head. “Kyle, stop this and talk to me, please.” His tone was firm but soft, the kind that usually made me breathe again. But this time, I couldn’t move. My hands were trembling against my knees, and my throat felt too tight to let any sound out. The fear had frozen me in place. I just sat there, shaking and sobbing quietly, wishing I could disappear.I heard Hayden move, with the scrape of his chair, the quick shuffle of feet, and then the sound of him picking the phone up from the floor. He went still for a moment, and I knew exactly what he was looking at. The

KyleWhen I woke up, the room was quiet. It was so quiet that it makes you wonder how long you’ve been asleep. I rubbed my eyes and sat up slowly, trying to gather my thoughts. The bed beside me was warm, which meant Hayden hadn’t been gone for long. Still, something felt off. I stood, looked around once more, and then stepped out of the room.My feet carried me down the hall to Maddox’s door before I even thought about what I was doing. I knocked once. No answer. Knocked again, but still nothing. I called his name, waited, and got only silence in return. A chill ran down my spine, and before I realized it, I was already heading for his study.When I opened the door, Maddox was there, sitting behind his desk. He wasn’t alone. Hayden stood in front of him, both of them stiff and strangely quiet. Their eyes were red, and the air between them felt heavy, almost painful. I looked from one to the other, confused, my heart racing for reasons I didn’t understand.“What’s going on?” I asked.

MaddoxI leaned back slightly, eyeing Hayden from across the table. “Isn’t it too fast? Don’t you think it’s a bit sudden?”He didn’t even flinch. Just lifted his eyes, calm and unreadable. “What do you mean? Hasn’t it been months already? I just don’t want you stressing yourself. You pay them for their jobs, right? So let them come back. There’s no reason the staff shouldn’t be here taking care of things.”I watched him for a moment, his tone too casual for what he was really saying. He hadn’t looked at me like that in weeks. “Yeah,” I said quietly. “You’re right. I’ll send them an email tonight or tomorrow morning.”“That would be good,” he replied simply, and the conversation dropped like a stone into water. The silence that followed was heavy, only the faint clinking of forks cutting through it.Kyle sat beside him, his shoulders stiff, eyes fixed on his plate. He hadn’t said a word since sitting down. When I glanced at him, he looked up briefly—those hesitant eyes meeting mine fo

MaddoxI sat by the window with a glass of wine in hand, the last hint of daylight slipping across the floor as the city outside began to hum quietly. My thoughts had been circling all evening, restless and heavy. Collin’s situation would be dealt with tomorrow once the police followed up, but that wasn’t what kept me up tonight. What pressed on me harder was Jade.I didn’t know how to reach her or how to convince her not to post that damn video from Kyle’s wedding day. The idea alone made my chest tighten. If she posted it, everything would crumble—Kyle’s life, my position, and the fragile peace we’d rebuilt. But if she chose not to post it, she’d have to face court and risk prison time, something I knew she wouldn’t do willingly. Either way, the situation was impossible.I stared at the dark surface of my wine, thinking, replaying every possible way to stop her. Threats wouldn’t work—she wasn’t afraid of me anymore. Bribery? Too obvious. Begging? I couldn’t bring myself that low aga