Zara: [Thank you so much for everything the last couple of weeks. And. I am sorry about today.]

Stefan stared at the message on his screen, his lips curling into a mocking smile as he sat in the quiet of the park. Just as Jack Monroe had said—I had only been using him as a distraction. Now that I was back with Jack Monroe, I'd discarded him without hesitation. Stefan took a deep breath and deleted the chat, not replying. They had always belonged to different worlds. Now, things were simply going back to how they had been before. Still, he couldn't deny the lingering sadness. These past few weeks....