Semua Bab Never Mine To Love: Bab 221 - Bab 225

River’s POVI woke up again in the middle of the night, or maybe it was already morning. I couldn’t tell. The room was quiet except for the low hum of the heater and Noah’s breathing beside me. It was deep and steady, the kind of sound that should’ve made me relax, but instead I just lay there staring at the ceiling like it was supposed to give me answers.I couldn’t sleep. I’d already tried. Twenty minutes of shutting my eyes, rolling over, tugging the blanket higher, pressing my face into the pillow until it almost hurt. None of it worked. My brain wouldn’t turn off. Every time I closed my eyes, the message flashed in my head.The words were carved into my head now. I could still see them, feel the way my chest had dropped when I read them. And even though I’d sat across from Daniel and told him, even though he promised to handle it, the weight hadn’t gone away. Because I hadn’t told Noah the whole truth. I’d told him about the message, sure, but not about meeting Daniel after. Not

Daniel’s POVThe papers on my desk weren’t moving. I had tried to go through them three times already, but each time the words blurred together, lines breaking apart until they meant nothing. My pen sat in my hand, clicking against the wood in this slow, annoying rhythm, but I didn’t even stop myself. I was too wound up inside, too restless to sit still.The silence in the apartment was heavy. Every small sound seemed louder than it should’ve been. The fridge in the kitchen kicked on, humming in that low, steady way. The occasional honk from the street outside slipped in through the window, muffled by the glass. But none of it could drown out the one thought stuck in my head, River.I could still see him sitting across from me earlier, the way his fingers shook slightly when he pushed the phone across the table, the way his eyes locked on mine like he was daring me to understand. That message. Warn Daniel or he’ll regret messing with me. The words replayed every time I blinked. I had