Words I Wish I Said Novels & Stories

He was the one who lit up my life. Xander deepened the kiss as the love and adoration in his eyes overflowed. "I love you, Cassandra Schmidt." "I love you, too." The sun was shining brightly outside the windows. There wasn't a single cloud in the sky. I knew that this was just the beginning of our happy future together.

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Her eyes go wide. “What did you say?” My heart thuds. This is how our last fight ended. The fight that lost me Lilly. Am I idiot enough to repeat those words? “I said. You. Wish.” Yep. I am. Her lips part on a breath, and my body pulls taut. Her tongue darts out to taste her bottom lip. Like she might be imagining it’s mine. She does wish. Holy shit. She does wish. The realization is a heady rush.

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“Please don’t say anything else…” “I’m sorry, Shantal. I wish I could’ve been made perfect for you, I wish I could’ve been all that you wanted—“

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“SEVEN WISHES! Then hear me Gods above, these are my wishes…” “I wished to be reborn and given a second chance! I wished to become the most beautiful woman that ever existed! To have an incredible reputation in both wealth! And fame! To have a great and loving family and not like the shiity one I had! To find love and marry the most handsome man ever! Let me experience the wildest FANTASIES!!!”

Where did I lack that I lost you once again? Because I did love you, with everything I had… I just wish you talked to me… But I wasn’t important enough…

And in its place— Hope. Freedom. Strength. Like maybe… just maybe… I can still move forward. My lips part slightly. The words leave me before I can stop them. “I wish I could have that...” I whisper.

He stood there awkwardly, clearly struggling to find the right words. I spoke first. “You can go now. I don’t want to hear more apologies. During my time here, I’ve found myself again. I’ve rediscovered the dreams I’d abandoned, and you know me well enough to understand. If I’ve made up my mind, nothing you do can change it, especially when there’s a child involved.” This time, I turned away first. I had watched him walk away from me so many times before that this time, I wanted him to feel it.