Ivan’s POV

The memory of that day weighed on me.

I kept speaking to her still form. “That conversation started everything. The bullying began after that. I tried distancing myself but you were like glue. I knew you did not love me and I convinced myself I could never love you. My world was too dangerous. So I decided if I could not make you smile, I would become your nightmare. It was sick and twisted, but I liked you and hated you at the same time because of what happened to my ...