C23 Heartbreak in the Shadows

23. Heartbreak in the Shadows

I felt so stupid. My body was numb and unfeeling. The devastation hadn’t hit yet but I knew it would soon.

Was that Ace’s way of rejecting me? Letting me down easy by claiming he was busy? If so, it had to be the oldest, lamest excuse in the book.

He didn’t even react to my admission of wanting to be more than friends. It was like he didn’t even care