CHAPTER TWELVE: The Line Between Love and Danger40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpKFxxGVLT
(Her POV)
She didn’t slam the door.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWezPqUBGT
Didn’t scream.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAUgl8TV62
Didn’t throw anything.
She just looked at him.
Looked at the man who kissed her like salvation—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnVsH6dfPD
and lied like survival.
“I need air,” she whispered.
“I’ll come with you.”
“No,” she said too quickly.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zWNVV7c0s
Too broken.
The journal was still pressed against her chest.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSGiEeAZvu
Like a wound she didn’t know how to stop bleeding.
Matteo stood in the center of the room—40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6afP5LYxX
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.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscavyaiYNN
And she knew she couldn’t.
Not yet.
Outside, the world was still turning.
Pedestrians. Cars. Lights.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMmz89ajty
Normal.
How dare they?
Didn’t they know the world inside her had just collapsed?
She found herself on a bench two blocks down.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPomA7a4pJr
Hands numb.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87NwTYFxkr
Vision blurred.
She didn’t know how long she sat there.
But eventually, her phone buzzed.
A message.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKtY4bgCtb
From him.
I’m sorry.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAfCtX52Mn
I never wanted to lie. I only wanted to be enough for you.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2ciY8jcBK
I’ll wait. Even if it hurts. Even if it kills me.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AyFtVGtjn
Just come back when you’re ready.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeUVNOZQAS
Please.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IsByxtUiN
I love you.
Tears fell, but she didn’t wipe them.
Let the world see her.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMUWARjUgm
Let the night swallow her.
She’d loved him.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPgCykG60V
Fully.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Cfjg0loaZ
Wildly.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmK31pDEjcP
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.40Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWespWUhnU
Even if her feet weren’t.
