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CHAPTER 84

Author: CagalieYula
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-16 22:56:56

When Demi fell asleep on the couch, her hand still wrapped in mine, I sat there for a long time just watching her breathe.

The tension that had weighed on my chest for days—hell, maybe weeks—finally cracked. Not disappeared, but cracked. Enough for me to feel like maybe, just maybe, we were moving in the right direction again.

But I knew better than to believe the battle was over.

Because peace, especially with Demi, wasn’t something you stumbled into.

It was something you built—brick by brick, truth by truth.

The next morning, I cooked her breakfast. Nothing fancy, just scrambled eggs, avocado toast, and the coffee she liked. She looked surprised when she came into the kitchen wearing my shirt, rubbing sleep from her eyes.

“You made coffee?” she mumbled, hair a soft mess of curls.

“You deserve more than just coffee,” I said with a smile. “But yeah. It’s a start.”

She blinked at me like she didn’t expect gentleness.

And that? That broke something in me.

“You okay?” I asked
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