THE ART OF FALLING
he said, his voice cracking slightly.
“You didn’t break me,” she replied, her tone steady, unyielding. “You just reminded me why I stopped believing in love in the first place.”
Her words sank into him like stones thrown into water, spreading ripples of regret, doubt, and helplessness. He watched her walk away, each step deliberate, each step a door slamming shut between them. And for the first time in his life, Jaden felt powerless. The confident, untouchable star athlete who had charmed the entire campus… powerless against the fortress she had built around herself.