Chapter 65 No longer playing nice

Katelyn POV I was sitting in the magazine office, fingers curled around a warm mug of coffee, staring blankly at the screen. The soft clinking of keyboards and the faint hum of printers filled the air, but I wasn’t paying attention. My mind was still back in that cold, sterile prison visiting room, across from Cayden. He looked thinner than I remembered. Quieter. But no amount of remorse in his eyes could undo what he had done. I had stared at him for what felt like an eternity, my heart heavy but strangely calm. I wouldn’t waste another moment retaliating out of hatred. But I couldn’t forgive him either. Some things were too deep to mend with apologies. We were done. Completely. Love, I had come to realize, wasn’t always a fairytale. It didn’t always heal. Sometimes, it hurts more. So, I had made a decision, a firm one. I would focus on myself, on my future, my career. My phone buzzed. Rachel’s name lit up the screen. I picked it up. “Hey,” she said cheerfully. “I got us VIP passes to