Sarah looked her straight in the eye. "Leave Ryan," she whispered. "Please." Nora blinked. "What?" "I love him. I can't live without him. If not, you will see my dead face." The words slammed into Nora like a freight train. Her breath hitched. Her limbs turned to stone. A chilling numbness crept through her chest, making it harder to breathe with every second that passed. The hallway blurred around her, distant and surreal, until her gaze finally locked onto him— Ryan Knights. The boy who had once made her heart race. The boy who had lit up her world with just a smile. The boy who had unknowingly become the center of two hearts—hers and Sarah's. He walked toward her now, his trademark easy grin still lingering on his lips, the same one that once made her insides flutter. But now? That smile carved her open from the inside out. A single tear slipped down Nora's cheek as the truth crashed into her—there was no escaping it. She was in love with Ryan. Hopelessly. Desperately. And in this moment, she realized something far worse... She could lose him. She could lose everything. And so, in one impulsive, devastating heartbeat, Nora made a choice—one that would haunt her for the rest of her life. One that might cost her the one person who had stood beside her since childhood.