Against all odds
My chest heaved with a sound I hadn’t made in years—a broken cry that no one was meant to hear.
For the first time in my life, I felt powerless. Not because of money, or enemies, or threats from outside—but because of love. Love that had turned into my greatest weakness, my sharpest downfall. I had conquered everything in this world except her heart, and now I was losing that too.
I sat there for hours, unmoving, my thoughts clawing at me relentlessly. Images of her with Luca, her smile, her laughter—it all played over and over, tormenting me. The fire inside me didn’t die down; it burned hotter, consuming me until only one truth remained.
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