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A WISHFUL THINKING

Author: Jessy May
last update publish date: 2026-01-24 15:38:14

~MARCELLA~

For a moment, I don’t move.

Not because I can’t, but because my body hasn’t caught up with what just happened.

Lucas Santis walks away from me like I’m nothing more than noise he’s finally learned to tune out. His steps are fast. Purposeful. He doesn’t look back even once.

That part hurts more than his words.

I am now staring at the space where Lucas Santis used to be.

His chair is still slightly pulled out. His bag is gone. The air around me feels colder, em
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