❈─────≪ °❀° ≫─────❈ Natalie ❈─────≪ °❀° ≫─────❈ “I want to fix it. Even if it ruins me," I whispered, the room felt heavier; like the air itself had thickened. For a long moment Leonardo didn't move. Then he stepped forward; not towards the door but toward me. I lifted my gaze up to him and something in his expression shifted; not soft, not kind; but conflicted. " You're naïve,” he said quietly, crouching down until we were at eye level. “Maybe," I replied. “You think sacrifice solves everything," “I think it's the only option I have left,” I said as his eyes searched my face as if looking for cracks; for hesitation or weakness, but I didn't give him any. “You don't understand the kind of world you've stepped into," he murmured. "Then make me understand. Explain it,” I shot back and silence followed afterwards; heavy, charged and unfinished. He straightened and walked back to his desk, without looking at me he pressed the intercom. Outside somewhere in the est
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