Side Story 24:

Carmen’s POV:

Shit. I was losing my mind.

Why was I even going with him? Why the fuck did I say yes? The questions were a frantic, desperate screaming in my head, but they were drowned out by a single, powerful command from my body: be near him.

What did he mean by he'll take care of me? The phrase, so simple and yet so completely foreign to my experience, felt like a dangerous promise, a vulnerab