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| took a shaky breath as Jessica's eyes bore into me, filled with hurt and disbelief. The silence between us felt like
an endless canyon, too wide to cross. My chest ached to see her like this, raw and vulnerable.
She had becthis... this tbeing. The fire that was Jessica-the one who fought with me, outran me-wasn't
there anymore. Or maybe it was, and | just needed to kindle it back to life.
"You don't get to chere and say these things now." Her voice was barely a whisper, but it cut through me
like a knife. "I've tried so hard to move on, to forget everything we had, but you... you're like this scar etched
into me." She dropped her face into her hands, the wo Without thinking, | dropped to my knees in front of her. |
reached for her hands, her skin warm against mine, soft and familiar. Her face was buried, and for a moment, |
could barely breathe. "Jess..." | whispered, my voice rough as | brought her hands to my lips, pressing a kiss to
each of her knuckles.
"I know," | said quietly, every word feeling like it weighed a ton. "I know | don't deserve to say this. | don't
deserve you. But you've been haunting me-
my dreams, my every thought, every damn breath... Jess, | can't exist without you. I tried to cut you out, to tell
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtmyself it was better this way, but if | had to let you go..." My voice cracked. "I'd stop existing."
"Are you sure... Francesca could be lying again. Maybe you guys do..."I stopped Jess from finishing that sentence.
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"Francesca and | haven't been that intimate in a long time. She was convenient to keep,t other women away and
stop the tabloids from looking for a juicy story. That's all. | can't believe | didn't piece it together sooner the
timeline. | guess | was blinded by the fact that | got a a do-over. That's all. | got lost in it all."l confessed to Jess,
who looked atwith a strange look on her face.
She finally looked up at me, her cheeks wet, her eyes so full of pain it brokeall over again. "I loved you," she
whispered, her voice full of something raw and broken. "More than | thought | could love anyone. | tried to let go,
to cut you out, but you... you're burned into m last thing keepinggrounded.
My thumb brushed along her cheek, catching a stray tear, and | felt the walls I'd built up over the years
shattering, piece by piece. "I know it's too much to ask," | managed, barely able to keep my voice steady, "but |
need you, Jess. | need you
to letin, even if it's just a little. Please... letprove to you that | can be better. That | can stay, and | can
take care of you."
She looked atthen, her lips parted, her eyes full of something I couldn't quite read-hope, fear, maybe both.
For a moment, neither of us moved, and then her gaze dropped to my lips, lingering. And just like that, every last
bit of restraint I'd been clinging to snapped.
| leaned in, brushing my lips softly against hers, tentative, careful. Her fingers tightened in mine, and she kissed
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