CHAPTER 0131

AUDREY'S POV

“You know what? You’re right,” I said as I stood up, brushing invisible dust off my dress as if that would shake away the emotions swirling inside me. My voice was calm, but my insides churned like a raging storm.

He said he could see the truth in me—that I was hurt—and he wasn’t wrong. But I was tired. Tired of pretending, tired of swallowing the pain, and tired of acting like I was