Chapter 77

• "What are you not telling me, Cole?" Funmi’s voice was sharp, laced with the same tension that had been building between us for days. Her eyes weren’t angry anymore—no, they were too tired for that. They were just… defeated.
• I swallowed hard, watching as she stood by the window, her back turned to me. The weight of everything between us felt like an insurmountable wall, and I was too damn exhausted to know how to tear it down. I had kept too many secrets from her, and now those secrets were starting to consume us.
• "I’ve told you everything, Funmi," I said quietly, though I knew it wasn’t true. How could I explain that Kemi was holding something over me? How could I admit that the woman who had wrecked so many parts of my life had one more card to play—one that could destroy everything?