로그인공유
Chapter 86
최신 업데이트:
2026-01-20 16:27:17
최신 챕터
Our love to hide Chapter 86
Chapter 86 – The Cost of Visibility(Sarah POV)The first brick hit the window at 6:42 a.m.It shattered the glass of the community center’s front office in a violent burst, sending shards across the linoleum like fallen stars. The alarm screamed seconds later sharp, relentless cutting through Sarah’s half-sleep as she bolted upright in bed.Her phone was already buzzing.ISABELLE: Are you awake?ISABELLE: Turn on the news. Now.Sarah’s heart pounded as she fumbled for the remote. Every muscle in her body felt tight, wired, like she’d been waiting for this without knowing it.The local news filled the screen.“an apparent act of vandalism overnight at the Shelter in the Storm community center, a queer youth support space launched just weeks ago”The camera cut to the building.Her building.Police tape fluttered weakly in the morning breeze. The mural, the hands, and the flowers were defaced. Red paint dripped down the wall in ugly, deliberate slashes.GO BACK TO GOD.PERVERTS RECRUIT
Our love to hide Chapter 85
Chapter 85 – The Weight of SilenceNathan had learned long ago that silence could be louder than confession.It followed him now through the glass corridors of the firm, through the low hum of servers and the polite nods of employees who no longer met his eyes for more than a second. Respect still lingered but it was cautious. Conditional. Like everyone was waiting to see if he would crack.He closed the door to his office and leaned his forehead against the cool wood.Breathe.The city stretched beyond the windows, gray and restless, the kind of skyline that never slept and never forgave. Somewhere in that maze of buildings were people who wanted him ruined not because he had broken laws, but because he had broken expectations.And at the center of it all was Ethan.Nathan straightened, moving to his desk where a thin manila folder waited. No label. No letterhead. It had arrived that morning through a private courier untraceable, deliberate.Inside were printouts.Screenshots.Emails
Our love to hide Chapter 84
Chapter 84: What We Don’t SayEthanThe silence between us has weight now.Not the kind that comes from anger or slammed doors, but the heavier kind the one that settles in the spaces where words used to live. It follows Nathan through rooms. It lingers after his footsteps fade down the hall. It hums beneath every conversation we pretend is normal.I notice it most at night.Nathan sleeps like someone who doesn’t expect rest to last. One arm flung out, jaw tight even in dreams, breath shallow. I lie awake beside him, counting the seconds between each inhale, wondering when love became something that required vigilance.I turn onto my side and watch him. The streetlight outside paints his face in pale gold and shadow, familiar and suddenly distant. This is the man who once kissed me like the world couldn’t touch us. Now he kisses my forehead like he’s already bracing for impact.I miss the recklessness.In the morning, he’s already dressed when I wake up. Dark hoodie. Baseball cap. Pho
Our love to hide 83
Chapter 83 – The Weight of SilenceNathan had learned, long ago, how to sit inside silence without letting it break him.Boardrooms taught you that. Courtrooms sharpened it. Marriage, its beginning and its ending had sealed the lesson into his bones. Silence, when handled correctly, could be armor. It could be restraint. It could be dignity.Tonight, it felt like punishment.The house was too quiet for a place meant to hold two people. The lights were on, but nothing felt warm. Nathan stood in the kitchen with his phone face down on the counter, untouched since Ethan had left for the community center hours ago. He hadn’t asked him to stay. He hadn’t told him not to go.That was the problem.Nathan poured a glass of water and forgot to drink it. His reflection in the darkened window looked older than he remembered shoulders still broad, posture still careful, but something in his eyes had dulled. Not fear. No regret.Distance.He hated that word. Hated how easily it could slip into a r
Our love to hide Chapter 82
Chapter 82 – Without HimThe studio smelled like cold coffee and nerves.Ethan noticed it the moment he stepped inside the sharp tang of artificial calm, the kind that lived in waiting rooms and green rooms and places where people rehearsed empathy before turning it into performance. The walls were painted a soothing gray, meant to disappear behind bright smiles and careful questions.A production assistant handed him a bottle of water. “We’ll be live in three minutes.”Ethan nodded, though his mouth felt too dry to drink.Across the room, a flat-screen TV showed his face frozen mid-blink from a pre-roll clip. The chyron beneath it read:ETHAN RIVERA ARTIST • ADVOCATE • SURVIVORSurvivor.The word pressed into his chest like a weight he hadn’t agreed to carry.“Ethan?” the host said gently, approaching him with practiced warmth. “Thank you for being here. I know this isn’t easy.”Ethan managed a smile. “I’m glad to be.”It wasn’t a lie. Just incomplete.The host gestured toward the e
Our love to hide Chapter 81
Chapter 81 – What the World Wants From UsThe quiet didn’t feel peaceful.It followed Ethan like a second skin thin, invisible, suffocating. It lived in the corners of rooms, in the pause before people spoke his name, in the way conversations softened when he entered a space as though his presence required caution. Silence had become a language everyone else seemed fluent in. Ethan was still learning how to survive it.The apartment was too neat.Nathan had cleaned earlier methodically, obsessively. Every surface wiped, every chair aligned, every stray object removed as though chaos itself had become something to fear. The order felt unnatural, like a set staged for a life that hadn’t yet begun.Ethan stood by the window, fingers curled around the frame, staring out at a city that no longer looked at him the same way.Outside, the world continued, cars moved, lights blinked, laughter floated up from somewhere down the street. Life, uninterrupted. He wondered how many people passing be
다른 추천
A Rival for the Hockey Alpha
M&Cee15.0K 조회수RUTHLESS TEMPTATION
authorchomzy9.6K 조회수Falling For My Alpha Stepbrother.
Author Nengi8.9K 조회수THE HOCKEY ALPHA WANTS ME
Ray Nhedicta8.8K 조회수Hidden Obsession
Doona5.2K 조회수The Capo's Devotion: Own by the Don
Joe Michael304 조회수Bound To The Crown Prince
Sophie Starr1.5K 조회수The Night I Tasted Her Brother.
Dark Fire342 조회수
