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CHAPTER 25: UNEXPECTED STILLNESS.

Author: Daisy
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-09 18:54:28

MICHAEL'S POV

She slammed the door in my face.

And for a moment, I didn’t move.

I just stood there, the sound of that final click ringing in my ears like a gunshot. The air in the room was still vibrating with her presence, with her perfume, her defiance, her pain… and mine.

God.

I hadn’t realized how loud silence could be until now.

My hand was still frozen mid-air from where I’d pointed her out the door. Slowly, I let it fall back to my side. Useless. Heavy. Like the rest of me.

My eyes drifted to the seat she’d just vacated, like it could explain something to me. But all it gave me was the dent her body left in the cushion, and a cruel echo of the last thing she said.

“I never needed you to fix me. I just needed you to fight for me.”

I turned away sharply, jaw clenched.

Why did it still sting?

Why did it still matter?

I paced. My legs moved before my brain caught up. Back and forth. Back and forth. Like I could walk out the ache, or stomp out the ghost she left behind. But her voi
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