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The airport felt like a blur of sound and movement, a constant hum in the
background as we made our way through the terminal and out to the car. | barely registered any of it, my mind
spinning in a hundred different directions. The moment we were buckled into the car, the silence felt heavier
than it should have. Aiden didn't say a word, his jaw t us onto the highway.
The landscape blurred past us. | stared out the window, trying to focus on the passing trees and the distant
horizon-anything but the knot growing tighter in my chest.
| could feel Aiden glancing atevery few minutes, his frustration simmering just beneath the surface. | knew it
wouldn't take long before he broke the silence. It never did. After what felt like hours
but was probably only ten minutes, Aiden finally sighed loudly and gripped the steering wheel tighter, knuckles
turning white. "What the hell is wrong now?" His voice was sharp, cutting through the tension in the car like a
knife. "You've been quiet ever since we got off the pl anything the entire flight. You gonna tellwhat's going
on, or do | have to guess?"
| shifted in my seat, trying to keep my expression neutral. "It's nothing," I lied, forcing a weak smile that didn't
reach my eyes. "I'm just tired."
Aiden's eyes flicked over toagain, narrowing in suspicion. "Right. Just tired." His tone was dripping with
disbelief. "Con, Jess. I'm not an idiot. You've been acting weird for weeks now. What's going on?"
| kept my gaze on the road ahead, my pulse quickening. The words | wanted to say were jumbled up in my head.
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Aiden. Seriously."
But inside, the truth screamed louder. | was considering leaving him. | wasn't sure how or when, but the thought
was there, lingering like a shadow | couldn't ignore. The
safety | used to feel with him was gone, replaced by this growing sense of suffocation. Everything between us
felt strained and fake. And now | wasn't sure if there was anything left to hold on to.
Aiden's voice snappedback to the present. "Is this about Luke?" he asked, his tone sharp and laced with
jealousy. "Did you remember something about him?"
| whipped my head toward him, eyes wide. "What? No. It has nothing to do with Luke," | said a little too quickly.
The lie left a bitter taste in my mouth. Luke was always there, wasn't he? In the back of my mind, the confusion
about him and us gnawed atconstantly. But this wasn't about him. Not entirely.
"Right," Aiden scoffed, his voice rising with frustration. "You think | don't see the way you get when his name
comes up? The way you freeze, like you're hiding something. It's always fucking Luke, isn't it?"
"No!" | snapped, my voice sharper than | intended. "It's not about him! Why do you always bring him up?"
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The car fell into a tense silence, the air thick with unspoken accusations. My chest tightened, anger bubbling up
inside me. It wasn't about Luke. It wasn't even about Aiden-at least, not completely. It was about me, about how
lost | felt, how I didn't know who | was anymore or what | wanted.
Aiden gripped the steering wheel harder, his knuckles pale. "I'm not stupid, Jess. Do you think | don't notice how
you've been pulling away? How every twe talk about the future, you just go quiet?"
| clenched my fists in my lap, my nails digging into my palms. "You're being paranoid. I'm just... figuring things
out. It has nothing to do with Luke."
Aiden didn't respond immediately, but the way his jaw clenched and his grip on the wheel tightened made it
clear he didn't believe me. He was silent for a few more moments, and for a second, | thought maybe he'd drop
it. But then his voice cut through the tension again, low and dangerous.
"Maybe | should just drive you back to the airport," he said, his words dripping with bitterness. "You know, so you
can go back to him!"
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