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Chapter 22

Author: ANNIETROUP1
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The Weight of Maybe

Grace's POV

Jace's breathing had settled into the deep, even rhythm of healing sleep about twenty minutes ago, but his words still echoed in my mind with the persistence of a song I couldn't shake.

*"I'm just asking for the chance to earn your trust again, one day at a time."*

I set my book aside—I'd been reading the same paragraph for the past ten minutes anyway—and studied his sleeping face in the dim hospital lighting. Even unconscious, he looked different than he had three years ago. The arrogant confidence that had once defined his features had been tempered by something harder, more mature. There were lines around his eyes that spoke of sleepless nights and difficult decisions, and his jaw held a tension that suggested he'd learned the weight of real responsibility.

He looked like a man who'd been forced to grow up the hard way.

The soft snore that escaped him was almost endearing, a vulnerable sound that reminded me of lazy Sunday mornings when we were
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