~Teyana’s POV~

I wiped beads of sweat off my forehead with the back of my hand and stared at the cake I had spent the entire day baking. A very silly idea, honestly, considering I’d already concluded I wasn’t going to take it to him anymore.

Jeremy’s birthday had been stuck in my head for months- ever since I stumbled on Bianca’s Instagram post of his last birthday. The date had burned itself into my mind and refused to leave. And now, the day was here… but he wasn’t.

A sigh shuddered out of me as I sank onto my bed, feeling completely spent—more from being Jeremy-sick than from the...