Thalia forced a smile onto her lips. She practiced it in the split second before she met his gaze, hiding the screaming despair in her eyes behind a veil of soft, wondrous acceptance."Is that so…?" she murmured, sounding like she was surprised and flustered.A wave of profound, gut-wrenching relief washed over Keith, so potent it almost buckled his knees. The crisis had passed. He hadn’t lost her. The lie, born of his selfish panic, had worked. He saw the change in her, the softening of her posture, and he greedily accepted it as truth."Yes…" he breathed. "So please... stay with me, okay?" He reached for her again, his fingers closing around her hands, his touch urgent, as if he needed to anchor her to him, to stop her from getting away.She let him hold her for a moment, allowing the warmth of his skin to seep into hers like a final, stolen treasure. Then, with a gentle, deliberate pressure, she pushed his hands away. It wasn't a violent rejection, but a slow, sorrowful peeling bac
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