MasukLIAM’S POV“How is she?”Felicia asked, looking more worried than ever.They had been coming to see Anika those four days when she was in coma, but they had to go home to eat and take a bath, but I could not leave her side.I ran my hand through my hair, frustrated. This time, I could not even fake a smile, no matter how hard I tried… I just didn’t have it in me.“She is miserable, Felicia, and I don’t know what I can do.”Jonathan had his hand on my shoulder.“It will be fine.”I really hope so.I heaved a sigh, rubbing the back of my neck as I stared blankly at the hospital floor.“I don’t know… lately it just seems like it is one thing after the other. Every time I think things are finally getting better, something else happens.” My voice cracked despite my efforts to keep it steady. “I just want her to be happy… I don’t know, it’s just hard.”Felicia's expression softened, but the worry never left her face.“You have to be strong for her, Liam. Anika needs your support now more th
ANIKA’S POVI woke up to the too bright light from the window nearly blinding my eyes.My head hurt like a bitch, and the too strong smell of bleach threatened to choke me. I felt disoriented, everything around me felt unfamiliar.The steady beeping of a machine.The white ceiling above me.For a few seconds, I just laid there, blinking slowly as I tried to make sense of where I was.The last thing that I remembered...I was having a little argument with Liam and then...I frowned.As I tried to remember what happened after that, my head seriously hurt.It was like someone was driving nails into my skull every time I forced myself to think too hard, and so I just decided to stop.I squeezed my eyes shut.Something warm immediately wrapped around my hand."Don't do that Princess, you will hurt yourself..."Liam.I slowly turned my head.He was on me immediately, holding me so softly like he was scared I was going to break into a million pieces.His hands carefully supported my back as
LIAM’S POVI drove faster than I had ever done in my entire life.I, Liam Danson, the man who was too much of a stickler to the rules, was definitely driving at a speed that was way above what was considered legal, but I did not have it in me to care right now.My grip tightened around the steering wheel until my knuckles turned white.I only had one aim in mind, and that was to get to Anika.The GPS had stopped working almost twenty minutes ago.The road became narrower, disappearing into thick trees that swallowed every trace of civilization.There were no houses.No signboards.No other cars except from mine.It was like I had driven into another world.When I finally saw the villa, I almost missed it.The building was hidden behind rows of tall trees and overgrown bushes. From the outside, it looked abandoned.There was no house number.No mailbox either.Nothing that suggested people actually lived there.It was obvious why I was not able to get any clue where Anika was, this pla
LIAM’S POV“Seriously Liam, are you going to be this miserable all of the time?” Jonathan asked.Both he and Felicia had been coming over every single day for the last couple of days since I got that damn letter...The one letter that broke my heart into a million pieces and left me moving about the house like a ghost, a hollow shell of a man.Every room reminded me of her. Every corner held memories I couldn't escape from. Even the silence in the house felt different now, heavier somehow, like it knew she was gone.Nothing felt right anymore.The couch where she would curl up with her sketchbook to draw all of her newest designs.The kitchen, she was always snacking on something.The bedroom...I hadn't slept there since she left.“Leave me alone,” I said and took a swig of the orange juice in my hand straight from the bottle.This was fucking nuts, the fact that I could not even drink away from my problems. Ever since what happened the last time that I got drunk, I made a promise to
SIMON’S POVThe next day was no different.I woke up hoping that somehow things would change. Like some kind of miracle would happen and Anika would finally look at me without hatred in her eyes.They did not.I had spent the entire night convincing myself that yesterday had changed something. That maybe after everything that happened after I almost...I shut my eyes.No.I refused to think about it.I just wanted her to see that I was still here. Maybe we could start over. Maybe somewhere beneath all the pain there was still a tiny piece of the woman who used to smile at me. This time there would be no Bree to come between us. No lies. No secrets. I would treat her right.But it was all just wistful thinking.Anika was sitting by the same window, she still had the same distant look in her eyes. And she was crying.She barely moved except to wipe her cheeks.The breakfast Manuel bought sat untouched on the table.Lunch followed the same fate."You really plan on doing this forever?"
SIMON’S POV“Tell me Anika for how much longer are you going to stay staring at the wall huh?”I asked, it felt like I was losing my mind.All she had done ever since she got here was just stare at the window and cry. Morning, afternoon, night, it was like her tear glands were working overtime, leaking nonstop.She barely moved unless she absolutely had to. She would just sit there hugging herself so tightly that I wondered if she was trying to keep herself from falling apart completely.I would have found the display pathetic if it was not so damn annoying.The room was silent except for the occasional sound of her sniffing or wiping away another tear. Every single tear scraped against my nerves until I felt like screaming.As usual, she did not even bother to reply me, she just kept crying and hugging herself tighter while facing the window.I clenched my jaw."Anika."Not even a peep from her.It was like I did not even exist.I ran a frustrated hand through my hair before turning
ANIKA’S POV“Are you really sure about this?” Felicia asked and I nodded.“I am sure”“But-”I cut her off “please don’t. Hell I just finished having this exact conversation with Liam and it was not easy” I said voice pleading.Felicia just sucked in whatever she had to say “ok then”Sure, I was aw
LIAM’S POVI don’t know why, but from the second that Anika made that phone call, I could not help but worry.And so, it was no surprise that I could not even bear to wait for closing hours before I had clocked off work.“Let’s go Jonathan” I said.He arched a brow at me, with that annoying ass smi
ANIKA’S POV“Wait.”My heart was thumping rapidly against my chest. Okay, maybe I did not think this through well enough. Coming to this engagement party and then bumping into Simon like this.It sounded a lot smarter in my head.It was just that Liam had mentioned it, the fact that Simon had been
SIMON’S POVToday was the Mondayest of Mondays to ever Monday, and I mean that in the worst way possible.For one, I should definitely not have drank as much as I did yesterday because then my head would not have been aching this much. And not only that, maybe I would not have slept through my alar







