Chapter 16 You Deserve Better

Flashback Continues

Daisy’s P.O.V.

I wake up early in the morning. Today is Sunday. No office, no work. I love Sundays.

After taking a quick shower, I come to the balcony to get some fresh air and share my thoughts with my diary.

The cool morning breeze brushes against my skin as I sit on the lounger, the diary open in front of me. It’s my habit to pour out my thoughts and feelings onto its pages, a way to deal with my messed-up thoughts.

As I write, I replay last night’s events in my mind. Seeing Luke eating the dinner I prepared filled me with a lot of emotions—joy, disbelief, and hope. It’s a slight gesture, but it means so much to me. It feels surreal. I never thought that I’d witness that scene, yet here it is, etched into my memory like a precious gem.

As I continue to write in my diary, the words flowing freely from my pen and I lose track of time, lost in my thoughts and emotions.

My eyelids grow heavy, and the next thing I know, I’m drifting off to sleep, the diary slipping f