PART 5 CHAPTER 191
JESS
I made it out of the elevator without breaking only just. The tears now blurred my vision, making the world around me feel like a watercolor painting that was slowly running into a puddle on the floor. Each desperate breath seemed to lodge itself in my throat, constricting my chest like a vice. Was this how Luke felt when I chose Aiden? When I just forgot everything we had? If that was the case, then I deserved this…
not just the
It felt as though my world had been ripped away from me familiar comforts but the very essence of who I thought I was.
“Jessica…” The sound of my name stopped me dead in my tracks. It was Luke. I felt the weight of his presence behind me, a gravitational force that pulled at my heartstrings, but I couldn’t turn around. The chasm of everything unsaid between us loomed so large that it seemed impossible
to cross.
“Jess…” The distance between us shrank as he approached. His voice was raw and cracked, each syllable slashing through the thick silence like a jagged edge. I felt the heat radiating from his body, a wave of warmth that I had longed for during the cold nights of separation. Then, in a moment that shattered my resolve, his arm snaked around my waist, pulling me against him until my back met his solid chest.
I inhaled deeply, allowing his familiar scent to envelop me. How could I have forgotten this? The way he made me feel secure, cherished, whole. Luke kissed the top of my head, a tender gesture that felt bittersweet. But this wasn’t safety, it was a fool’s paradise, a haunting reminder of what
once was.
PART & CHAPTER 191
“I missed you…” His voice quivered, and I could feel the weight of his sorrow pressing against me. My heart ached, but what could I say? Please choose me. Please undo your entire life for the girl who had forgotten
you.
“I get it…” I finally managed, though my voice sounded distant, barely a whisper against the thundering storm inside me. “I’m not angry. I understand… I just…” I just… needed to escape to a place where I could collapse without him seeing the wreckage. He deserved a chance at a family, and I won’t take that away from him. I inhaled, shaky and hesitant, and gently disentangled his arm from my waist.
PARTS CHAPTER 131.
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