Jayden couldn't stop thinking.

Not for one second.

The words Athena said that morning had buried themselves in his chest and refused to leave. No matter how much he tried to shake them off, they kept coming back, over and over again.

"She's married now, Jayden."

"She moved on."

He sat by the window, staring out like a man lost. His heart wasn't just broken. It was torn. Crushed. Bruised beyond what he could put into words.

The image of Monalisa in a wedding dress, smiling at someone ...