MELISSA'S POV

Life in London hadn’t been easy. Honestly, it had been two weeks since I arrived, and every single day felt like an uphill battle. I thought leaving behind everything familiar would somehow make things easier, that maybe starting fresh in another country would ease the ache in my chest, but I was wrong.

I was coping—barely. Managing my spirit, soul, and body like I was holding onto thin ropes about to snap. Life had been cruel to me before, but this? This was a whole ...