Back at Valeria’s place, the heavy silence of the apartment was broken by a loud, frantic knock at the door. Valeria quickly wiped her eyes, and Tara opened the door to let Shawn in before quietly slipping out to give them some privacy.The moment Shawn stepped inside, his eyes locked onto Valeria’s pale face. Without a single word, he rushed forward and threw her into a tight, desperate hug. He held her as if she might disappear again, his chest heaving with emotion. He immediately started blabbing, his words spilling out in a hurried, chaotic mess as he apologized greatly for what had happened yesterday."Val, I am so, so sorry," Shawn groaned, pulling back slightly to look into her eyes. "I wanted yesterday to be a special day for us, a perfect night, but I don't even know what went wrong. My body just caught this insane, burning fever out of nowhere, and I had to go check myself. When I came back to the decking, you were gone. I’ve been worried sick!"He looked at her anxiously, a
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