Unlike Nick, who was driving himself mad with lis frantle search, Mia’s life was calm and peaceful.
She had no idea that Nick was scouring the world for her. She had long since snapped her SIM card in half and discarded it. All her social media accounts had been deactivated, so none of Nick’s calls or messages ever reached her.
Not that she wanted to receive them.
The life she left behind felt like a terrible nightmare, one she had barely managed to escape. She had no intention of being dragged back into that darkness.
Mia had left her familiar hometown, flying over,000 kilometers to a foreign country to start over. To let go of everything from her past and begin anew.
And in everything she abandoned, Nick was no exception.
“Mia, I remember you majored in art, right?” Zoe asked over dinner with a warm smile. “I’ve noticed you’ve been spending a lot of time sketching and painting lately. The landscape paintings you’ve done are truly breathtaking. Both Tom and I absolutely love them.
“Tom thinks it’s such a shame to let such remarkable work gather dust at home, so he’s offered to fund an exhibition for you. What do you think?“.
“An exhibition?” Mia’s eyes widened, her expression a mix of surprise and disbelief. Yet, the glimmer of excitement in her gaze betrayed her true feelings. Deep down, she longed for the opportunity.
For an artist, hosting an exhibition wasn’t just a validation of their skill but a chance to share their work with the world. From the moment she began studying art, Mia had dreamed of holding her own solo exhibition one day.
But exhibitions were expensive.
