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CHAPTER 52

작가: Nightshade
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ALYANA POV

I didn’t sleep well.

Not because of noise. Not because of anything outside.

Because of him.

Julian’s last words kept replaying in my head.

“Not for me.”

No matter how many times I tried to push it away, it stayed. Heavy. Unfinished. Like something between us had shifted, but neither of us had fully acknowledged it yet.

I didn’t talk to him again after that.

I didn’t even know if I should.

When I woke up the next morning, the feeling was still there—tight in my chest, lingering in a w
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    ALYANA POV “You’re not ready for what comes next.” His words didn’t leave right away. They stayed there, hanging between us, pressing into my chest like something unfinished. I held his gaze, refusing to look away first this time. “You don’t get to decide that.” Julian didn’t react immediately. His expression stayed steady, but I saw it again—that small shift in his eyes. Like he was choosing his next move carefully. “I’m not deciding for you,” he said. “I’m stopping you from walking into something blindly.” “That’s the same thing.” “No,” he replied, his voice still calm. “It isn’t.” I exhaled slowly, trying to keep my frustration from spilling over. “Then explain it to me.” “I already did.” “You told me half of it.” “That’s all you need right now.” “That’s not your call to make.” The words came out sharper than I intended, but I didn’t take them back. Julian’s jaw tightened slightly. He looked at me for a second longer, then stepped away, putting a bit of distance betw

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