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My eyes stayed glued to the screen. Another call appeared as I stepped through the doorway and immediately slammed into something solid. My phone nearly flew out of my hand, "Oh my God—" The words died in my throat. Everything stopped because it wasn't something. It was him. Raphael. For a seco
No. I hadn't. I had been so busy drowning in my own heartbreak that I never stopped to consider his. A memory surfaced. "I don't know how to handle this." At the time I'd taken it as proof that he didn't care. Now I wasn't sure, maybe he genuinely hadn't known what to do. Maybe watching Jules
The look on his face afterward. The messages. The apology. The promise. Starting tomorrow, I will keep my distance. My stomach twisted. Maybe... Maybe this wasn't as easy for him as I thought. Maybe— Raphael suddenly let out a harsh breath. Then he dropped his coffee cup onto the table harder
Claire ignored both of them. Her attention never left her husband, "You scared her enough to break up with him." "I wasn't trying to." "Did you scare her?" Vincenzo opened his mouth, "...possibly." Claire raised an eyebrow, "Possibly?" "Fine. Yes." "Vincenzo." "What?" "Apologize." The enti
Gianna ━⊰ ❦ ⊱━ The silence that followed Raphael's words felt painfully heavy. It settled over the entire dining room, the excitement died down. Nobody reached for their coffee, nobody touched their food. I sat perfectly still in my chair, my fingers wrapped around my coffee mug so tightly my h
Moving on pure, desperate instinct, I crouched low to the ground, my knees scraping against the marble. With shaking, clumsy fingers, I began to gather the ruined remnants of the bear. I scooped up the torn, hollowed-out brown skin, dragging it into my lap. I reached under the edge of the couch, pul







