Chapter 18 Chasing Shadows

• Jeremy POV
• The day had been pure hell, every minute dragging like time itself was punishing me for something I didn’t want to face head-on. Work was unbearable—stacks of reports, endless meetings, the constant hum of the AC mocking my throbbing headache.
• But it wasn’t the physical exhaustion that was killing me. It was her. Always her. Rachel. Her name was lodged in my skull, looping endlessly like a scratched record I couldn’t turn off.