Chapter 174

SIENNA

The night stretched cruel and endless.

I’d tried to close my eyes, tried to let sleep pull me under, but every time I blinked, I saw him. The door shutting behind him, his back retreating, silence swallowing me whole.

My phone sat on the nightstand, its screen mocking me with unanswered calls, unsent texts. I told myself I wouldn’t beg. I told myself I was stronger than that. And yet,