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I'll Stay

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When we left for Zanzibar, it was just for five days. This time, I had prepared myself.

I told Maria I’d call every day. I promised to video call Leon, to check in. And Asher, he promised everything would be fine. That security would be tight. That nothing would go wrong. Just five days, he said. Just us.

I was a little nervous, I had never been away from Leon for so long, but when we arrived… God, it was perfect.

The island was alive with beauty, turquoise waters that seemed to hum, golden sunlight warming our skin. It felt like stepping out of our world into one that had waited just for us.

Asher didn’t hold back. Not once.

He held my hand openly as we strolled through the tourist streets, fingers laced like we were normal people with nothing to hide. His hand was always at the small of my back, gently guiding, never possessive. We laughed like we hadn't in years. We dined at beachside hotels, took pictures with strangers, swam in the sea, and dove beneath it.

We even visited that h
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