Seraphina's POVThe sky outside kept getting darker.I'd gone back to my apartment, but there was no way I could just sit still. I kept pacing in the living room, eyes locked on the door, my mind spinning: Is he coming? Should I just text him? Ask him to come over? Tell him he can stay the night?I picked up my phone, chewing on my thumbnail, hesitating. Over and over, until the clock hit ten.Ten o'clock.It had been three hours.So... he's not coming, huh. Did he go elsewhere? Or maybe he's still up there...My bedroom and that guest room upstairs - they're literally just separated by a ceiling.That tiny spark of hope I was clinging to? Gone, snuffed out like someone flicked off the last light. Everything felt cold, empty.I jumped into the shower, then dragged myself into bed. Told myself, "Okay. Sleep. Now."Eyes shut. Tried to breathe slow, even. But it didn't work. His face, his scent, that low voice of his
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