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Desperate

作者: Precious Edmund
last update 最終更新日: 2025-07-03 17:10:37

_Amelie’s POV_

The carpet outside Luca’s office was soft beneath my knees.

I sat with my arms wrapped tightly around myself, eyes burning and my throat raw from holding in the sobs that refused to stop.

Nico’s words kept playing in a loop — every vow, every threat, every shattered piece of what we used to be, sharp and bloody in my mind.

You’re still mine.

I’ll never let you go.

I should’ve run. Gone anywhere else that wasn't close to Luca.

But I didn’t have the strength. My legs had given out, and this hallway—this stupid, empty hallway—was the only place I felt invisible for a moment.

And I had been here for hours and I didn't really think he was in there at this point.

Until the door opened.

I heard the click first. Then the soft creak.

My breath was locked in my chest. I froze, wiping my face quickly with my sleeves, praying the tears weren’t as obvious as they felt. Please, God, don’t let it be him. Don’t let him have heard—

“Amelie?”

Luca’s voice was gentle. Too gentle.

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