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CHAPTER 28

Penulis: Darcel
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-04-10 23:36:17

ALEJANDRO

If I couldn’t forget her, then I had only one choice left.

I would avoid her.

Separate myself from any situation that involves her. Detach. Withdraw. Escape.

It sounded easy in my head, but my chest ached with the weight of it, like I’d just carved out something vital and left it bleeding.

I stood in the middle of my room, unmoving for a moment, then started pacing again. Back and forth, like a prisoner waiting on a verdict I already knew would be grim.

My steps were restless, my mind louder than ever. Her face lingered behind my eyes—those eyes, that voice, the way she had looked at me last night, like she saw everything I was trying to hide.

Damn it. I pressed the heel of my palm against my temple, breathing deep. I had to pull myself together.

This wasn’t normal.

It couldn’t be normal.

I needed to call Elias.

Maybe he would understand what was happening to me. Maybe he could explain why every breath I took felt shallow unless I’d seen her that day, why I couldn’t stop rep
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