CHAPTER TWELVE: The Line Between Love and Danger21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrIoKexiJU
(Her POV)
She didn’t slam the door.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vpUTPXTRV
Didn’t scream.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNPi7nHCZb
Didn’t throw anything.
She just looked at him.
Looked at the man who kissed her like salvation—21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnob0pguzu
and lied like survival.
“I need air,” she whispered.
“I’ll come with you.”
“No,” she said too quickly.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6leiPgBSSK
Too broken.
The journal was still pressed against her chest.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfEdqmh3Zc
Like a wound she didn’t know how to stop bleeding.
Matteo stood in the center of the room—21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiajLHHx4R
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.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPneOWIVtL6
And she knew she couldn’t.
Not yet.
Outside, the world was still turning.
Pedestrians. Cars. Lights.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMCjq3ylLn
Normal.
How dare they?
Didn’t they know the world inside her had just collapsed?
She found herself on a bench two blocks down.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnMdYUyhPi
Hands numb.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejG9vX7Yve
Vision blurred.
She didn’t know how long she sat there.
But eventually, her phone buzzed.
A message.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8ZRL28DT0
From him.
I’m sorry.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3MOpQoyUD
I never wanted to lie. I only wanted to be enough for you.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwQYGMDTd4
I’ll wait. Even if it hurts. Even if it kills me.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2oheELi2ge
Just come back when you’re ready.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fikq1KAb0
Please.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7H2FBDbny
I love you.
Tears fell, but she didn’t wipe them.
Let the world see her.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9GtnEVFhN
Let the night swallow her.
She’d loved him.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mFcngPGdg
Fully.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9zwYQe38g
Wildly.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEz3HF8zNS
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.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOL9WwNz9zE
Even if her feet weren’t.
