Chapter 4

When I came to, I was in the hospital.

Chloe was sitting by my side. When she saw me wake up, her expression was conflicted. "Thank god..."

I stared at her—my best friend since forever, the one I'd trusted with everything. "Why aren't you with Sophie?"

She let out a heavy sigh. "Are you blaming me? For not telling you? But what good would it have done? It would've just made you miserable, tearing yourself up inside."

I stayed silent, feeling like a boulder was crushing my chest. I couldn't breathe.

"Sophie's actually a really good person," Chloe said. "She's…