Chapter: 2267

Why was her life such a mess?

Averie stared at Sebastian, her eyes welling with tears. Underneath the tears, there was a glint of anger.

She thought of her classmates, all getting picked up from school by their parents while she stood alone with her backpack, feeling the sting of envy and bitterness.

She'd had her share of hope.

At first, she imagined waiting at the school gate like her classmates, dreaming her dad would pull up in his car and call out, “Averie, I'm here to take you home."