All Chapters of Never Mine To Love: Chapter 121

River’s POVNoah had been quieter since we sat down at the café.Not silent—just… less.I noticed it in small ways. The way he stirred his coffee without really looking at it. The way his answers to my questions came a little slower, like he had to pull them from somewhere far away. His eyes didn’t quite meet mine for long, and when they did, there was something tucked behind them, like he was keeping part of himself just out of reach.Maybe he was tired. We had stayed up way too late last night, and not just because we were packing. My muscles still held that lazy, heavy warmth from lying tangled with him in the dark, my hands remembering the lines of his back, my lips remembering the exact sound he made when I touched him just right.And yet, sitting across from him now, I felt a thin wall between us. Not a solid one—more like glass. I could still see him, still feel him near, but there was this faint separation, a gap I couldn’t quite name.I didn’t ask. I didn’t want to push. We b