KAIDA REED POV

It was quiet at the Mansion and as I stepped into the house, I couldn’t help the wave of nostalgia that washed over me.

Everything was the same. Just like always. And the longer I stood taking in the luxurious setting, the lonelier I felt.

"You’ve always been alone" I whispered, wrapping my arm around myself. "That’s why you fell so hard for the first person to act like you truly exist."

Just thinking about him had my head throbbing.

I was truly pathetic, wasn’t I? I did everything to make him love me—everything. And now that I thought deeper about it, maybe they were right. Maybe...