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LETTING SOMEONE SHARE THE WEIGHT.

Author: Guddi pen
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-02-27 02:39:47

Chapter 0026

LETTING SOMEONE SHARE THE WEIGHT.

ELENA,

The silence stretched between us, thick and suffocating, wrapping around my throat like a noose. The world felt unnaturally still, as if the very air had turned dense with the weight of words left unspoken, with the ghosts of a past I desperately wished to bury.

Evan’s eyes burned into mine—dark, relentless, a storm raging just beneath the surface. He had always been like this, a force of nature, chaotic and unpredictable. His presence alone was suffocating, a shadow that crept closer, darkening everything in its path.

And then there was Ryan.

Standing beside me, his body was rigid, his jaw set, his presence an unshakable shield between me and the man who had shattered me once before. He didn’t say anything, didn’t need to. His silence was a quiet, unwavering declaration that he would not let Evan get to me.

I forced myself to breathe. To steady the trembling in my hands. To remind myself that I wasn’t that broken girl anymore.

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