Chapter 40

OLIVIA'S POV The moment I slammed the door and collapsed to the floor, all the walls I had built inside me shattered. No matter how many times I convinced myself that he didn't deserve the love I held in my heart, with just one touch or one kiss, he managed to break all my illusions. I had loved Dominic with all my heart and soul—so completely, so painfully—that losing him always felt like losing a vital part of myself. And I didn't think I would ever truly come back from that. But now, deep down, I also knew he was not worth it anymore. Not the tears. Not the pain. Not the years I spent trying to be enough for a man who never really saw me. Still, it hurt. Gods, it hurt. I hated how my heart still raced at the sound of his voice. I hated how, even when he broke me, I still wanted him to come back and fix it. It was like being trapped in a storm with no shelter—constantly hoping the lightning wouldn't strike me, even as I stood out in the open. Part of me wanted to scream. Another part