Chapter 13: Words We Never SaidThe air inside the coffee shop was warm, humming with low chatter and the occasional hiss of the espresso machine. It smelled like burnt sugar and cinnamon, just like it did years ago — when Serena and Marcus used to sneak in after school and split one drink to save money.Now they sat across from each other, older, heavier with things left unsaid.Serena stared into her untouched mug, fingers curled tightly around the porcelain. Marcus watched her, elbows resting on the table, his green eyes filled with quiet ache.“I wasn’t going to say anything,” he finally said, “but when I saw you standing at that park…”“You should’ve kept walking.”“Maybe,” he admitted. “But I couldn’t.”Serena looked up. “You left, Marcus. No goodbye. No letters. Just silence.”His jaw clenched. “You think I wanted that? You think I had a choice?”She raised a brow, but said nothing.“My parents found out. About us. They said I was throwing my future away on a girl with nothing
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