CHAPTER TWELVE: The Line Between Love and Danger16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvLph3iyZK
(Her POV)
She didn’t slam the door.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuyBYj9Kdd
Didn’t scream.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYfV34vdcz
Didn’t throw anything.
She just looked at him.
Looked at the man who kissed her like salvation—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QDI7RLuBW
and lied like survival.
“I need air,” she whispered.
“I’ll come with you.”
“No,” she said too quickly.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVelQ6LBFS
Too broken.
The journal was still pressed against her chest.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFUcrNDjJt
Like a wound she didn’t know how to stop bleeding.
Matteo stood in the center of the room—16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22BeB5dVnD
shirt untucked, hair wild, soul unraveling in his eyes.
“Please don’t go.”
She didn’t answer.
Because if she opened her mouth, she’d stay.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzkO6tSoYO
And she knew she couldn’t.
Not yet.
Outside, the world was still turning.
Pedestrians. Cars. Lights.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWBCGdjsMu
Normal.
How dare they?
Didn’t they know the world inside her had just collapsed?
She found herself on a bench two blocks down.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YL6UUa13t
Hands numb.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKFHPKExId
Vision blurred.
She didn’t know how long she sat there.
But eventually, her phone buzzed.
A message.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gG0wQkEGB
From him.
I’m sorry.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRynEhd51x
I never wanted to lie. I only wanted to be enough for you.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEHZXIar49
I’ll wait. Even if it hurts. Even if it kills me.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AsKpNwydQ
Just come back when you’re ready.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftL1vQZatk
Please.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iaLCxUSnb
I love you.
Tears fell, but she didn’t wipe them.
Let the world see her.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKvWvbFBTW
Let the night swallow her.
She’d loved him.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbOUEtbEIv
Fully.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelUYdCkL17
Wildly.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTr1T4pa8u
Unapologetically.
But now, she had to ask herself:
Could love still exist after the truth?
The answer wasn’t clear yet.
But what was?
Her heart was still his.16Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVufHHDFfS
Even if her feet weren’t.
