All Chapters of The Lover Behind my Back: Chapter 61 - Chapter 63

Tessy’s POVHe didn’t turn immediately.But I saw it. That small shift.It started as almost nothing. Just the slightest pause in his step. His shoulders, which had been set rigidly as he walked away, lost a fraction of that tension. The torch in his hand dipped slightly with his grip loosening just enough to make it swing once at his side.He still didn’t look back. But he wasn’t moving anymore.That was enough.I didn’t speak again immediately. I let the silence stretch, settle, press into him.Let it do the work for me.His shoulders tensed again, I could see it even from behind, the muscle ticking faintly like he was trying to lock something back into place.“It’s not possible,” he muttered after a while.Low and more to himself than to me.I tilted my head slightly, watching him. “It is.”He let out a quiet breath, shaking his head once like he was physically trying to throw the thought off.“No,” he said, firmer now. “No, that doesn’t make sense.”His fingers curled tighter aro

Tessy’s POV“I am sorry.”The words just about left my lips, soft and fragile, like they didn’t deserve to exist in the same air as what I had just done.My eyes stayed on her. On Helena. She was laying flat on the floor now.For a second, my chest tightened in a way I didn’t expect. My fingers twitched at my side, like I should reach for her, shake her awake, undo everything before it truly began.But I didn’t. I couldn’t.A slow breath slipped past my lips as I crouched beside her, brushing a strand of hair away from her face. She looked peaceful. Too peaceful. Like she had simply drifted off after a long day, not… this.Guilt pressed heavier into my chest.“I didn’t want it to be like this,” I murmured, quieter now. “I didn’t want to hurt you.”And that was the truth. Helena's my best friend, I love her.If anything, that was the problem.My jaw tightened slightly as I slipped my arm under her shoulders, steadying her weight carefully. “But I have to do this,” I whispered.The wo