Chapter 233 Still Him

• TESSA
• If there were two people in the world I considered integral to what I have in my life right now, it would be Arden and Owen. Arden made me realize that I shouldn’t settle for getting hurt and continue fighting for what’s right. She showed me that scars weren’t something to hide, but proof that I was still here, still capable of taking back pieces of my life that I thought were forever gone.
• And Owen—well, Owen was different. He helped me find myself in the quiet moments. He allowed me into this house when I needed somewhere to stand still for once in my life. This house wasn’t mine, and it wasn’t even his in the way it should have been, but it became a strange sanctuary. Having him here always felt strange, though, because I knew how much he still felt out of place in his father’s walls. I could see it in the way his shoulders loosened whenever he prepared to leave. That sense of relief was something I recognized too well.