Ariana POVThe words did not make sense at first. "Into you."They stayed in the air between us, heavy and sharp, like they carried more meaning than I could process all at once. My chest tightened instantly, not from fear alone, but from something deeper, something that felt like a quiet truth trying to surface. "That’s not possible," Nick said.His voice was firm, almost angry, like rejecting the idea could make it untrue. The man did not argue. He just watched me. "It already happened," he said calmly.I shook my head. "I pushed it out," I said. "I felt it leave.""You felt what it wanted you to feel," he replied.That answer hit harder than I expected. Nick stepped slightly in front of me again, his body tense now. "You don’t get to say things like that and walk away," he said.The man’s gaze shifted to him for a brief second, then back to me. "I’m not here for you," he said."I don’t care," Nick replied.But I did. Because something about what the man said was not just meant to s
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