Chapter 5

I never imagined that when the System said 'just a bit', it would end up being seven whole years.

I finished college overseas, landed a great job, and life was going smoothly.

Every now and then, Jake and I would mail each other some local treats, but aside from that, I never kept in touch with any of my old classmates.

I never expected to run into Caspar again.

He'd shed that boyish innocence, looking exactly like he did in my memories after we got married. Except now, there was a brooding intensity and a hint of obsession in those…