NovelEnglishPART 5 CHAPTER 192
LUKE
"Fuck." | spat as 1 pushed past Francesca. | was a fucking idiot for just standing there. What the hell was wrong
with me? | took the stairs two at a time, my heart racing with desperation. | needed to catch her. Needed to see
her one last tbefore it was too late. The imag
As | reached the lobby, | spotted her just as she stepped out of the elevator. She looked so small. "Jessica!" | said
her nsoftly at first, but she heardand took a step closer. She froze, refusing to turn around.
It felt like the ground had fallen away beneath me. | could hardly breathe.
Without thinking, | extended my arm and pulled her to me, feeling the warmth of her body press against mine.
My instincts overpowered everything else in that moment
my need to hold her and feel that she
was real, not just a fleeting memory. "Jess," | whispered, my voice breaking. "I missed you."
Her scent enveloped me. | had spent nights dreaming of this moment, and yet now, with her so close, | felt
desperate. How could | let her go?
A strangled silence hung between us, weighed down by unspoken truths. | searched her face for sflicker of
hope, but the shadows seemed to deepen in her eyes. "I get it..." she finally said, breaking the spell that encased
us. My heart dropped as she continued, her v What could | say to make this better? To convince her to stay? No
words
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cas she took a deep breath, gently peeling my arm away from her waist.
"I love you, Luke. So, I'm walking away
away it's my decision not yours."
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She was lettingoff the hook...
Each word felt like a punch in the gut. I stood there, paralyzed, as she took a step forward, and then another,
until she was outside of my building, staring up at the sky.
| felt the air rush from my lungs as | watched her walk away, the distance stretching between us. Jessica, the
woman | loved, was stepping out of my life for good, givinga chance at family-to be a good father, to right a
Wrong.
My heart ached at the sight of her retreating figure, her shoulders drawn tight, the sadness trailing behind her
like a ghost. | could have chased after her and begged her to stay, but the reality of the situation wrapped
aroundlike a vice. | was the one who had put her thr At that moment, | felt utterly powerless, watching her
disappear down the street. | was losing the girl who madefeel alive, the girl who had breathed color into my
mundane fucking existence. | must be more fucked up than I thought.
| walked back into the apartment, the
door closing behindwith a soft
click that felt impossibly final. The
silence in the space was heavy,
almost suffocating Frapeescd §{dod
there, atm&¥olded, a scowl etched
across her face as if she'd been
waiting for this moment, her "What
the hell was that Luke?" she
demanded, her voice sharp enough
to cut through the thick air. But |
didn't have the strength to respond. |
felt hollow, my heart still aching from
watching Jessica walk away. All the
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words | wished I could have said to her danced on the tip of my tongue, but nothing cout.
Francesca stepped in front of me,
blocking my path, her expression
fierce. and unyigld 14.1) 1. éver see
her gga Full take your baby, and
you will never see your child," she
spat, her words laced with venom.
| looked up at her, meeting her gaze head-
on, but inside | felt small like | was
being crushed under the weight of
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my own choices. The thought of
losing Jessica had already
devastated me, and the threat of
losing a child | hadn't Pree felt
like a nuglegnbarmb’ex oding in my
git") won't see her again. Ever." | fin
Francesca's expression didn't soften.
| looked past her, needing to find
ssemblance of normality, a
distraction from the chaos swirling in
my mind. | walked toward my bag,
grabbing it and shoving things inside,
every movement a reminder of my
fractured reality. As | passed by
Francesca, the silence hung thick. |
could feel her eyes on me. She
wanted a confrontation, but |
wouldn't give it to her. This was it, my
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