Chapter 18

MATT POV

Maybe I was just a fool and my biggest mistake was letting her go. Gosh, I could have followed her, but I didn't have the guts to do it, especially considering how things ended between us.

Over the years, I've always known that I felt something for Karliah. Of course, she was my best friend, and I treated her more like my sister, but I began to see her in a different light.

I didn't want to see any other guy than me, and I ignored the red flags, thinking that I was just being protective of my best friend because I didn't want to see her get hurt.

Link kept mentioning this to me, but I kept ignoring him, and I'm starting to think that he was right about everything.

FLASHBACK

I could hear her sobbing in my room quietly.

She was crying.

I knocked on the door softly.

"Karliah?"

"Go away," she replied, still crying.

"Look, I just came back from the gym, and I need to take a shower. Besides, you can't kick me out of my own room."