“Alright, if there’s any problem, you can call me.” Asher’s voice was warm. He gave me that boyish smile before disappearing into his room.I thought I wanted to be alone. I thought I needed silence.But the second the silence wrapped around me, my chest cracked open. Tears slipped down before I even realized it.Maybe this was the first time in years I had been this far from Hunter.I remembered a school trip once. Just two days away from him and I couldn’t sleep a wink.The second I came back, I had thrown myself into his arms, kissing him like I’d been starved. He had laughed, whispered he missed me too, and held me tighter.And now? After just a week apart, when we finally stood face-to-face… I wasn’t running into his arms. I was running away.“Why did you do this to me, Hunter?” My whisper cracked into the dark. “Why did you turn my heart into a plaything?”The next morning, I told Aunt I wanted to extend my stay. Her smile was so wide, so eager, it almost made me suspicious. T
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