The moment Jordan saw her, his heart dropped to his feet.He moved toward her without thinking, legs carrying him before his mind could catch up and when they finally stood face to face, neither of them spoke. Words felt too small, too fragile for everything that had piled up between them. Seconds stretched into something that felt like years, the air between them thick with unspoken things."I'm so sorry, Mary. I "Before the words could fully leave his lips, she reached out and pulled him inside, closing the door behind them with a soft click that somehow felt louder than it should. Then she looked at him, really looked at him and whatever wall she had spent months carefully building crumbled all at once, brick by painful brick.She kissed him.It was quick, desperate, and over before it truly began. She pulled back and moved to the far side of the room, wrapping her arms around herself like she could physically hold her feelings in place. Like if she pressed hard enough, they would
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