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Chapter 45

Author: Victor
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The evening air inside my room was thick with tension. The brush in my hand had been gliding smoothly over the canvas just moments ago, each stroke of paint a soothing balm. The scene I was painting—a delicate landscape of rolling hills and a twilight sky—was coming together perfectly. But Zayn’s words from earlier that day replayed in my mind, striking me harder than I wanted to admit. “You don’t look happy at all.”

My hand hesitated as I glanced at the half-finished painting. The once gentle hills and peaceful sky seemed mocking now, as though my own creation was questioning my choices. Anger started bubbling up inside me, and before I could stop myself, I grabbed a bigger brush, slathered it with dark paint, and pressed it against the canvas, smearing the peaceful landscape into chaos.

My hand shook, hovering just inches from the painting, and then I stopped. What was I doing? Destroying this wasn’t going to erase the confusion and frustration swirling inside me. With a deep breath
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