CHAPTER TWELVE: The Line Between Love and Danger24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIOp6cXU9z
(Her POV)
She didn’t slam the door.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYsJ9BfpT7
Didn’t scream.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDalUlVERiG
Didn’t throw anything.
She just looked at him.
Looked at the man who kissed her like salvation—24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOvj1BfFw4
and lied like survival.
“I need air,” she whispered.
“I’ll come with you.”
“No,” she said too quickly.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6yN54deJs
Too broken.
The journal was still pressed against her chest.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCl5TOmjiU2
Like a wound she didn’t know how to stop bleeding.
Matteo stood in the center of the room—24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGl2mI1AqP
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.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuRCJiuTLW
And she knew she couldn’t.
Not yet.
Outside, the world was still turning.
Pedestrians. Cars. Lights.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoQoOi9Wi5
Normal.
How dare they?
Didn’t they know the world inside her had just collapsed?
She found herself on a bench two blocks down.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZGL0mTrlK
Hands numb.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhyMgeKA4S
Vision blurred.
She didn’t know how long she sat there.
But eventually, her phone buzzed.
A message.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPSnsnD8MF
From him.
I’m sorry.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmXDK3qQpV
I never wanted to lie. I only wanted to be enough for you.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rlGmcMMME
I’ll wait. Even if it hurts. Even if it kills me.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeym57x3GC
Just come back when you’re ready.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkyrhHhQpj
Please.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIp2TZYfT4z
I love you.
Tears fell, but she didn’t wipe them.
Let the world see her.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0RSjuWlm0
Let the night swallow her.
She’d loved him.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvt8kuqcR9
Fully.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbFV6wFMqS
Wildly.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyaR6yNoSyZ
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.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DiNtBbs8r
Even if her feet weren’t.
