But...she didn’t pull back and she didn’t stop him when she leaned in again.When his lips finally met hers, it was soft. Hesitant, even. Like he was afraid she might disappear if he touched her too firmly—like this was a dream, and the moment he gave in too much, it would vanish.But she didn't and
A small silence stretched between them, heavy but not uncomfortable. The sound of the rain beating against the umbrella and the floor wrapped around them in a way Lily never thought she'd find comfortable.Yet here she was.After a few seconds, Aaron spoke, his soft voice gently cutting through the
A soft smile slid across her lips and after giving herself a mental pat on the back, she turned around and stepped out of her office. As she walked towards the exit, some of the employees she passed by gave her a different attention compared to this morning.Some smiles at her, offering greetings wh
Lily stared at her phone screen, eyes dragging across the one message she'd sent; how does it feel to lose what you cherish, Isabella?The message had been delivered and read, yet, there was no response. She didn't allow herself to be bothered by that, after all, she didn't need a response.She just
But the ache in her chest, her lung and her body overall, could not compare to the way she was feeling. And how was she feeling?Even Isabella couldn't put a finger on it. Anger, fear, panic and so many other things down that line, as she watched her reputation crumble.The reputation she'd struggle
Isabella stood at the center of it all.The ruin of her carefully built world.Static buzzed in her ears. Her eyes stung, the foreign sensation of tear pricking at the back of her eyes, but tears didn't fall. Her heart felt too many emotions, confusion, anger, resentment, betrayal, all at once, to k