Chapter Thirty-One: The Answer He Already Knew

POV: HaleyNathan doesn't move. He just keeps looking at me. The silence stretches long enough that I start talking to end it."I kissed Kai."Nothing changes on his face, and somehow, that's worse. He just watches me, like he's confirming a number he already had written down somewhere."When?""Does it matter?""It matters to me." His voice stays level, almost gentle. "When.""Last night. Before I came home to Marcus."He nods once, slow, and reaches into his jacket pocket, and for one absurd second I think he's going to pull out a ring, that this is somehow the moment he chooses to do it anyway, out of spite or desperation.He pulls out his phone instead."I saw you." He turns the screen toward me. A photo, grainy, Kai's hand tangled in my hair, my fingers gripping the front of his jacket, caught mid-kiss on the sidewalk. "Zara sent it to me an hour ago. I've been sitting with it since before I even knocked on your door."The floor tilts slightly under me."Nathan, I'm—""Wait. You k

Last Updated : 2026-08-26

Chapter Thirty-Two: The Room Remembers

POV: HaleyI'm still at the airport. Tell me to stay and I will.I read it standing barefoot on my own kitchen tile, the notebook still open on my desk behind me, the ink going dry under my lamp I forgot to turn off.I don't call. Calling gives him time to talk me out of it, or worse, gives me time to talk myself out of it first.Stay. Please.Two words. No context, no apology tucked in for Nathan, nothing softened enough to explain away later if anyone asked why I sent it. I hit send the way you rip a bandage before your hand can second-guess it.Ten minutes crawl by with nothing. Then he sends a photo, no caption attached.A boarding pass, torn straight down the middle, sitting on a bar counter under the kind of fluorescent light that makes everything look slightly sick. B7. Window seat. Gone.I stare at it long enough that the screen dims twice before I touch it again."You good?" Marcus asks from the couch, not glancing up."Yeah."It comes out easy, practiced, and it's the first

Last Updated : 2026-08-30

All Chapters of Wild Enough To Heal: Chapter 31 - Chapter 32

Chapter Thirty-One: The Answer He Already Knew

Chapter Thirty-Two: The Room Remembers