ALEXIO'S POV 

I sat on my bed, feeling defeated and helpless. My eyes were red with anger, and my mind was racing with thoughts of Ciara and how she had treated me. I couldn't believe the way she had turned on me, the way she had rejected me.

I slumped back against the headboard, my eyes fixed on the ceiling as I tried to process my emotions. I felt like I'd been kicked in the stomach, like all the air had been sucked out of me. I couldn't breathe, couldn't think.

How could she do this to me? How could she just dismiss me, like I meant nothing to her?...