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Chapter Fourteen

Author: Delancyquin
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Mira’s P.O.V

I froze.

The notebook slipped from my trembling hands, landing softly on the bed. Luca's voice echoed in the silence, low and calm but laced with something I couldn’t name.

"You weren’t supposed to find that."

I turned around slowly. He stood in the doorway, his arms crossed over his chest, his expression unreadable.

My voice cracked. "You drew me."

He stepped forward. "Yes."

"While I was sleeping… crying?"

Luca didn’t deny it. He sat at the edge of the bed, eyes locked on mine. “It wasn’t meant to scare you, Mira.”

“Then what was it meant to do?” I whispered.

He was quiet for a long time. The sound of the ocean beyond the villa filled the silence.

“I started drawing after Cassandra,” he finally said. “I stopped sleeping. Stopped eating. My therapist told me to try expressing what I couldn’t say aloud. So, I drew. Faces. Eyes. Dreams. You.”

I swallowed the lump in my throat. “Why me?”

“Because you haunt me.” His voice was hoarse now. “Because sin
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