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“Yeah,” I say, steady. “I am.”
A quiet breath leaves her.
Then—
“I don’t want to do this alone anymore.”
That right there?
That’s everything.
I pull her closer, pressing my forehead to hers.
“You won’t.”
And I mean it.
Every word.
Mila
Location: Same
Time: 11:52
I shouldn’t feelthis calm.
Not here.
Not with everything waiting outside that door.
But I do.
Because for the first time in a long time—
I’m not carrying it alone.
Jase doesn’t say things he doesn’t mean.
I know that now.
And that makes this—
Us—
Real in a way I wasn’t ready for.
But I don’t pull back.
I don’t run.
Not this time.
My hand slides against his chest, feeling the steady rhythm of his heartbeat.
Grounding.
Solid.
