The night air was biting as Kayla stood on the sidewalk, her few belongings stuffed into a tattered duffel bag at her feet. She’d been escorted out of the Chen mansion with nothing but the clothes on her back and a heart full of betrayal. Homeless, jobless, and branded a violent criminal in the eyes of the man she loved, she had nowhere to go—no family to turn to except her mother, but she couldn’t bear to burden Taylor with this mess, not when she’d already been through so much.She wandered the streets for hours, her feet sore, her mind spinning with thoughts of Clara’s smirk, Liam’s turned back, and the secret she’d uncovered about Hana. She didn’t know what to do, where to go, how to fix any of it. She felt like she was drowning, like there was no way out.And then, she saw him. Jordan was walking toward her, his face tight with worry, his eyes scanning the street like he’d been looking for her. He’d been calling her, texting her, ever since she’d left the mansion, but she’d been
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