Never would I let him hurt me again.I wiped the tears from my cheeks with trembling fingers. I was exhausted—tired of being trapped in this endless cycle, tired of convincing myself that things could somehow change.They wouldn’t.He wouldn’t.Adrian.Even thinking his name stung.Everything about him burned inside me—the hatred in his eyes whenever he looked at me, the cruel sharpness in his voice, the icy distance that seemed rooted deep within his soul.At the beginning, I had hoped.There were moments—rare, fragile moments—when he seemed different. When the walls around him cracked just enough for me to believe there might be something more beneath the darkness.But I had been wrong.This version of him was worse.Unpredictable.Dangerous.For a split second back there, I had truly thought he might do it—might end everything for good.My chest tightened at the memory.I stepped out of the room quickly, desperate for air, only to freeze when I saw Laura leaning against the wall.S
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