Sienna

The days felt long and empty, like I was moving through a haze, drifting through life without purpose. It wasn’t even the overwhelming sadness that consumed me anymore; it was the numbness. The quiet ache in my chest that never fully went away. Rhett had become a ghost in my life, and no matter how hard I tried to push him out of my thoughts, he always found his way back in.

I focused on my studies—anything to keep my mind occupied, to stop myself from spiraling further into the ...