CHAPTER TWELVE: The Line Between Love and Danger41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWQXU0IHdx
(Her POV)
She didn’t slam the door.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqqRrQIOMr
Didn’t scream.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLoDHQNcnm
Didn’t throw anything.
She just looked at him.
Looked at the man who kissed her like salvation—41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrk6ht2tjKf
and lied like survival.
“I need air,” she whispered.
“I’ll come with you.”
“No,” she said too quickly.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAxncNTZ6l
Too broken.
The journal was still pressed against her chest.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoDEVmkSC5
Like a wound she didn’t know how to stop bleeding.
Matteo stood in the center of the room—41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72eOcHnvpP
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.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTtXN8LAit
And she knew she couldn’t.
Not yet.
Outside, the world was still turning.
Pedestrians. Cars. Lights.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXwRUzkPdo
Normal.
How dare they?
Didn’t they know the world inside her had just collapsed?
She found herself on a bench two blocks down.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZ46aTXTVv
Hands numb.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48Gi90yCKL
Vision blurred.
She didn’t know how long she sat there.
But eventually, her phone buzzed.
A message.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeG9QjowqZF
From him.
I’m sorry.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCLDoQSTXv
I never wanted to lie. I only wanted to be enough for you.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhsCxP7fUD
I’ll wait. Even if it hurts. Even if it kills me.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcO7jYM4HF2
Just come back when you’re ready.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavpaPmTCnv
Please.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2i0EMk8AjG
I love you.
Tears fell, but she didn’t wipe them.
Let the world see her.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXAWHDGb1b
Let the night swallow her.
She’d loved him.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTy9r2FJ6ic
Fully.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFJasoZ5TS
Wildly.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dtRc0ulE8
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.41Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxTDlSm24I
Even if her feet weren’t.
