*~~Chapter One Hundred and Eighty~~*

{~~Logan Grey~~}

After Avery left, I couldn’t focus on anything. I left the lab to my office but that didn’t help either. My mind kept wandering, drifting away from the task at hand, no matter how hard I tried to keep myself grounded. Normally, I was able to push through distractions and keep my head clear, but this was different. This was something I couldn’t control. A creeping feeling of insecurity had settled deep inside me, like a weight I couldn’t shake. It wasn’t logical—I knew that. Avery wasn’t leaving me. She was just going out of town for a few days, handling business. But despite knowing this, my thoughts kept spiraling, feeding into a dark narrative I couldn’t seem to escape.

I’ve never been insecure. Not once in my life. I’ve always had confidence in who I am, in my relationship, and in my place in the world. Avery and I, we had something strong, something unbreakable, or at least, that’s what I thought. So why did I feel this way now? Why was there this nagging voice in