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Chapter 102 - A few moments of peace
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2024-10-29 19:42:56A little while after I've calmed down. Nathan takes me to the beach.
It wasn’t planned. I don’t even remember saying yes, but here we are. Skipping school like it’s the easiest decision in the world. After that scene in the library—after crashing into Nathan and making a spectacle of myself in front of Tamrin, Sadie, and Presley—I needed to breathe. I needed to get away from everything.
And Nathan… somehow, he just knew.
We’ve been sitting here on the sand for a while now. Th
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