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Chapter 115: The Distance Between Us

Penulis: Divine Lucifer
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-09-07 16:23:09

Elliot's pov

I thought seeing him again would make everything simple. That one glance across the gallery would bridge the years we lost, but it didn’t. Instead, it built an invisible wall I couldn’t climb over. Luca didn’t see me. Or maybe he did, and chose to look through me.

I stayed hidden in corners, watching him laugh with strangers, his face brighter than I remembered. Every smile of his was a dagger. I used to be the reason he smiled like that. Now I was just an intruder in a world where I no longer belonged.

My chest ached with a restless kind of longing. I wanted to rush forward, to say his name, to tell him everything. But fear held me in place. Fear of rejection. Fear that he no longer cared. Fear that my presence would ruin the peace he had built.

I left the gallery that night without a word. My hands shook as I shoved them into my pockets, walking away while my heart screamed at me to turn back. I told myself this wasn’t the moment. Not yet. If I wanted him, I had to earn
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