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Another chance

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MIGUEL

The kiss made me melt like butter on an asphalt. It was warm, fragile, and left me trembling with everything we hadn’t said yet.

Initially, I’d planned to be stubborn before forgiving Salvatore, but one look at his broken form at the door made me realise just how much I’d missed him.

Salvatore’s lips pressed to mine like he was afraid I’d vanish if he let go. His hand cupped the side of my face, his fingers weaving into my hair softly. I felt his breath on my cheek, unsteady, frantic in a way that told me this wasn’t just relief… It was fear; the kind that comes after nearly losing someone.

In the sterile quiet of the hospital room, his touch was the only thing that felt real.

When he pulled back, his eyes searched mine, wide and dark, and brimming with everything he couldn’t say all at once. His voice cracked when he finally spoke.

“I missed you so much, Miguel.”

The sincerity in his tone broke something in me. It wasn’t the pain from the stab wound—though that throbbed like
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Adriana Ramos
thank you, author, for the double updates
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Adriana Ramos
lol.. I'm with you on this
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Shauna Dunn Figler
No do not end the chapter like this !!!!
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