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Only Heartbreak.

Author: StarsTouch pen
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-12 19:55:45

River’s POV

He looked older.

Or maybe it was just the lighting.

I couldn’t tell.

The café around us hummed with quiet energy. Mugs clinked. Doors whooshed open. People whispered. Steam curled from espresso machines.

But none of that touched me.

I sat opposite him, feeling a coldness creep into my bones. My gray hoodie clung damp and heavy. Strands of hair were stuck to my forehead. My palms itched from the rain, but deeper than that was an ache in my chest.

He hadn’t spoken yet.

Neither had I.

We sat like strangers on opposite shores of a vast ocean, heartbeats echoing in silence. We were two people pretending we’d never fit together, never intertwined, never belonged. But that pretended truth tore at me. My fingers twisted in my lap, knuckles stretching tight over bone.

Finally, he cleared his throat—soft, almost timid.

“Thank you for coming,” he said.

His voice barely carried over the low hum of café life. It was the first sound he’d made, and it hurt—like it belonged to someone els
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