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Chapter 6

Penulis: Willow's Ink
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-09-12 03:07:04
POV: Samantha

***

The flat was quiet again.

The silence felt cold and full of anxiety, Like when you stretch a rubber band too far and just hope it doesn’t snap back in your face.

Levi was in the shower.

And I... was just sitting there. On the edge of the bed, staring at the corner where his body had been moments before. My fingers still feeling the warmth his body left behind. As if that would mean he was mine.

Which, of course, he wasn’t.

But that lie had started to blur at the edges.

***

The kettle clicked off, and I moved on autopilot.

Two mugs.

One with sugar. One without.

I stirred both without thinking. His went on the right, mine on the left.

And then I paused.

Because the person I was pretending to be-this girlfriend I’d imagined for him-wouldn’t know how he took his tea. Not unless he’d told her.

But he hadn’t.

I’d just started doing it that way.

Because it felt right.

Which meant… something in me already believed this story.

God, what was wrong with me?

*
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