THE PROFESSOR'S SECRET GIRL
“We’re the same, Ren. Both caught by that monster. I can’t take it either. Every day I’m terrified Cedric will find out. Every day I pretend everything’s fine in front of him.”
They cried together for a long time, arms locked, neither letting go. For the first time, the secret that had been eating them alive was out in the open—not to destroy, but to hold each other up.
“We… we have to support each other, Ren,” Selly whispered eventually, voice still hitching. “Don’t tell anyone yet. Not Cedric, not Dominic… not now. Just us. We keep this between the two of us.”
Renata nodded weakly, hugging her tighter. “Just us, Sel. I’m not alone anymore…”