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You were my strength

Author: NFKallisto
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-14 02:09:17

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Chiara

A walk back to Carmelo felt like I was walking on fire. It felt so wrong to go back and smile at him like nothing was going on behind his back. And the moment I sat back, I felt the shift in the air. It wasn’t soft anymore, it was replaced with something thick and lethal. Something I’d never felt coming from him. His voice was so dangerously slow.

And when I glanced at him, heart racing in my chest, his eyes were so dark. Who the hell was this man? “Who was on the phone, Chiara?” He was so out of his regular love portion. He only calls my name when it's serious. But I was only trying to protect his peace.

“I never asked you who you talked to.” I said instead of replying to him. I was indeed shocked, but scared? Nah. “I would’ve told you if you asked and you can go through my phone whenever you feel like to. I have a strong feeling you are hiding something from me. Tesoro, I could tolerate a lot of things except liars.” His words shook my heart. I was in fact a liar. My han
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