HIS MINI BEAR
she repeated, like she didn't understand the weight of what I'd just said.
"Yes," I replied, voice low, steady, stripped bare. No sarcasm. No games.
Just the truth. My truth.
She bit her teeth together like she was physically holding herself back.
I saw it—her eyes shimmering, not with awe, but with exhaustion.
Hell, she didn't believe me. Of course she didn't.
Why would she?
A man like me doesn't get the benefit of belief.
Not from her.
Not anymore.
Not after she's been broken, bent, used, and discarded like something temporary.
Sikat na Kabanata