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Another stupid moment

Author: Dew_CH
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-29 03:23:12

Liora

I got into the back seat without saying a word.

Tristan was sitting already, scrolling casually through his phone like he wasn’t part of the reason my entire system was currently out of sync.

His suit looked more lived-in than usual, the tie loosened, top button undone. I’d never noticed how that cut of navy clung to his shoulders before… or maybe I had, and just refused to admit it.

I kept my eyes on the window. Even when I could feel his glance shift to me.

We didn’t speak.

The silence wasn’t heavy. Not really. But it wasn’t comfortable either. It hovered, like the leftover heat from a fire someone thought they’d already put out.

My phone buzzed with a notification. I picked it up immediately just to have something to do with my hands. Only to see it was just some random apps notifying me to update them

But I wasn’t reading anything.

I could still feel the moment from earlier pressed into my memory like a bruise, the kiss I shouldn’t have initiated, the way he’d responded wit
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