Chapter 18: 18

Javier After Berry left, my whole world went dark. No smiles, no feelings. My soul walked out with her. Tears ran down my face for weeks until I couldn’t cry anymore, couldn’t feel anything. Days turned to months. I hunted everywhere, hired private eyes to track her. Only work kept me going. I buried myself in the business, pulling 48-hour shifts, no sleep, no breaks. Her love grew bigger in my heart—and so did the pain. I drowned in work just to stop thinking about her, even for a...