CHAPTER TWELVE: The Line Between Love and Danger14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5ccFKRoqY
(Her POV)
She didn’t slam the door.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRKzhS3nYa
Didn’t scream.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHiGAoqI4S
Didn’t throw anything.
She just looked at him.
Looked at the man who kissed her like salvation—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡva7OOZoVAg
and lied like survival.
“I need air,” she whispered.
“I’ll come with you.”
“No,” she said too quickly.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cPH8FJlLs
Too broken.
The journal was still pressed against her chest.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkGIAJ0TF3
Like a wound she didn’t know how to stop bleeding.
Matteo stood in the center of the room—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPuGQ6Ipn8
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.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2nWYEk7Mh
And she knew she couldn’t.
Not yet.
Outside, the world was still turning.
Pedestrians. Cars. Lights.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtt1JyVBaz
Normal.
How dare they?
Didn’t they know the world inside her had just collapsed?
She found herself on a bench two blocks down.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpvXBa95D2
Hands numb.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWs7X99Cqy9
Vision blurred.
She didn’t know how long she sat there.
But eventually, her phone buzzed.
A message.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLGQFPjPpB
From him.
I’m sorry.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKT2TvmqQ4
I never wanted to lie. I only wanted to be enough for you.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxjOfyIo7a
I’ll wait. Even if it hurts. Even if it kills me.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLs9aZlqqr
Just come back when you’re ready.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh87tc527QG
Please.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXUxqcegpH
I love you.
Tears fell, but she didn’t wipe them.
Let the world see her.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXk2vtHceW
Let the night swallow her.
She’d loved him.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZvaS7OqcV
Fully.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBWXcjR5D1
Wildly.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJi3dCRJuw
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.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmURBGTalRk
Even if her feet weren’t.
