I assumed Talia had asked Neil to come pick me up, but instead, it was Sean who appeared.

The moment I caught sight of Sean's striking yet coolly detached face—his expression grim, brows faintly furrowed—I instinctively turned away. I hurriedly brushed at my tears, desperate to hide them and wishing for a hole to crawl into.

The last thing I wanted was for Sean to see me in this wretched state, to hear his mocking voice tell me it was my own stupidity and ...