CHAPTER TWELVE: The Line Between Love and Danger15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBDQHnWspJ
(Her POV)
She didn’t slam the door.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcuZO4BWfL
Didn’t scream.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMa0S1sQHZk
Didn’t throw anything.
She just looked at him.
Looked at the man who kissed her like salvation—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWeOmYi759f
and lied like survival.
“I need air,” she whispered.
“I’ll come with you.”
“No,” she said too quickly.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaUwdNVu11
Too broken.
The journal was still pressed against her chest.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEELwd7Pg7
Like a wound she didn’t know how to stop bleeding.
Matteo stood in the center of the room—15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoowOuwOVbB
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.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenMpyn1qGL
And she knew she couldn’t.
Not yet.
Outside, the world was still turning.
Pedestrians. Cars. Lights.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNqIbjOSwl
Normal.
How dare they?
Didn’t they know the world inside her had just collapsed?
She found herself on a bench two blocks down.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFTpuHWUTM
Hands numb.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRE3YHvgM7
Vision blurred.
She didn’t know how long she sat there.
But eventually, her phone buzzed.
A message.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM73fEoQQFl
From him.
I’m sorry.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbg9Gbrgvja
I never wanted to lie. I only wanted to be enough for you.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LWC7bB36z
I’ll wait. Even if it hurts. Even if it kills me.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIS3dcmgcn
Just come back when you’re ready.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa25ZLtrYKE
Please.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YLMmQWRRd
I love you.
Tears fell, but she didn’t wipe them.
Let the world see her.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bxDLHlPjg
Let the night swallow her.
She’d loved him.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonFl9FIJ08
Fully.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFegeCa2cf
Wildly.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrHsfsjqKF
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.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqQHnaJw4Q
Even if her feet weren’t.
