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2025-10-10 06:16:00Amelia's POV
I drew in a long breath. “Alright. I’ll try to believe. In you and in myself.”
Xavier looked at me with an expression hard to define, a mixture of tenderness and pride. “That’s more than enough, Amelia.”
Silence settled again, but this time it wasn’t awkward. I felt warm, as if a heavy weight was slowly being lifted away.
I turned to him once more. “Xavier.”
“Hm?”
“If I fall again someday, will you still remind me?”
He gave a faint smile, almost like an unspoken promise. “Every time.”
I lowered my gaze, letting those words carve themselves into my heart.
I stared at my fingers entwined in my lap. The silence stretched, making my heart beat faster than usual. Xavier’s words kept spinning in my head, like a mantra, comforting and frightening all at once.
I slowly lifted my fa
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“Amelia,” Xavier murmured. “Whatever it is you’re hiding, I’ll wait. Just don’t shut me out completely.”Tears pricked my eyes again, but I nodded. “Okay.”He smiled faintly, the corners of his eyes softening. “Good. Because I don’t think I can go through another night of silence like earlier.”A quiet laugh escaped me, small, but real. “I’ll try not to make you.”“Promise?”“Promise.”He leaned closer, brushing a stray strand of hair from my face. His hand lingered for a heartbeat longer than necessary, then dropped back to his side. “Sleep, Amelia.”As I lay down, he reached for the lamp and turned it off. Darkness filled the room, but for the first time that night, it didn’t feel suffocating. I could hear
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Amelia's POVThe air between us felt fragile, heavy with things neither of us dared to say.I could hear the faint ticking of the kitchen clock, the soft rustle of the trees outside after the rain. The silence wasn’t cold this time. It was full of uncertainty, fear, and something that almost felt like hope.Xavier didn’t move for a long time. His hand was still resting near mine on the counter, not quite touching, but close enough that I could feel the warmth radiating from his skin. I wanted to reach for it, to hold it to hold him but I was afraid that the moment I did, everything I’d built to protect myself would fall apart.“Amelia,” he said quietly. My name left his lips like a sigh. “You’re shaking.”I hadn’t even realized it. My fingers trembled where they clutched the hem of my shirt. I forced a small smile. “I’m fine. Just cold.
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Amelia's POVI couldn’t sleep that night.No matter how many times I turned on the bed, the silence of the room pressed down on me, heavy and suffocating. The rain outside had turned into a soft drizzle, its rhythm constant, like a heartbeat that wasn’t mine. I stared at the ceiling, my fingers clutching the edge of the blanket, and every thought led back to him the sound of his footsteps fading down the hall, the way his voice had gone cold when he said, yes, as if every word cost him something.The truth sat at the edge of my throat, burning. I wanted to get up, walk to his study, and finally say everything about what happened at the café, about why I couldn’t pick up his calls that afternoon, about the name that still haunted me even though I swore I had moved on. But fear always had a louder voice.I was terrified. Terrified that once I said it, I’d lose him.Xavier
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Xavier's POVAmelia fell silent for a long moment, then placed her cup on the table. “And what if I don’t want to leave?”I looked at her and smiled faintly. “Then I’ll stay.”Silence again—but this time it wasn’t frightening. She leaned her head on my shoulder, and for the first time since all of this began, I felt something almost like peace.Night slowly descended. The light from the study still glowed softly, as if bearing witness to our journey—two wounded souls trying to find a way to heal together.When she finally whispered, her voice was barely audible.“Thank you for not giving up on me.”I replied without turning to her, “I’m also learning not to give up on myself.”She didn’t respond right away. She only took a deep breath and closed her eyes. I could feel the weight slowly leaving her should
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Xavier's POVHours passed without words. Only the sound of typing filled the room, sometimes broken by her heavy sighs as if every sentence she wrote peeled open another piece of her wound.I didn’t interrupt. I just sat in the living room, reading the same newspaper over and over without actually reading it. My mind kept wandering back to her to the woman who was now trying to rewrite her life behind that door.When the door finally opened, Amelia stood at the threshold. Her hair was a little messy, her face tired, but her eyes… they were different. There was a light in them that hadn’t been there before.“I’m done for today,” she said quietly.I glanced at the laptop still glowing on the desk, then back at her. “Did you write a lot?”“Enough,” she replied with a faint smile. “Enough to help me breathe a little easier.”I stood and walked toward her. &ldqu
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Xavier's POV Maybe love isn’t always about possession. Sometimes, love is simply about walking beside someone as they find themselves.And I knew that’s what I wanted to do. To walk with Amelia not to fix her, not to hold her back, but to stand beside her until she was ready to reveal the whole truth.Somehow, I believed… when that day came, we wouldn’t fall apart. We’d just change. Together.I stepped back inside, hearing the sound of typing again faster now, more certain.I stopped at the doorway of the study, listening to it for a while. Something was different this time. No more hesitation, no more half-finished sentences. Every keystroke sounded steady, like a heartbeat finally finding its rhythm.Leaning against the doorframe, I watched her from a distance. Amelia was completely absorbed, her face serious but calm. Sometimes she paused, looking at the screen before continuing again. Her hair fell over part of her face, but beneath that shadow, I could see something maybe streng
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