NovelEnglishChapter 48 Wren hadn't closed his eyes all night. His body was completely drained, pushed past its limits, yet sleep was nowhere in sight. Every the shut his eyes, memories of Clara flooded his mind-years of shared moments playing on a loop. Since they were kids, Clara had always clung to him, no matter how cold or distant he tried to appear. She would follow him around, her sweet voice calling him "Wren" without the slightest hesitation or fear.
Bit by bit, she melted his defenses, slipping into his world.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHe vividly remembered the day his mother passed away. At the funeral, Clara hugged him tightly, her tiny frtrembling as she cried harder than he did.
Even through her own grief, she tried to comfort him. She'd placed a small piece of candy in his hand, telling him it would make him feel better. He never had the heart to eat it-it was still tucked away somewhere safe.
When she was seven, her parents died. It was the first tWren felt the instinct to protect someone-the first the truly understood what it meant to take "When she was seven, her parents died. It was the first tWren felt the instinct to p responsibility for another person He treated Car like his own little sister, taking care of her and being there for her as she grew up. He gave her all his affection and attention But when sa tumed 15, everything changed. Ween stumbled upon a boy confessing to her, and Clara, flustered and blushing, had smiled nervously. At that moment, Wien jealized she wash ta little c girl anymore. And for the first time, he felt a surge of jealousy so intense it left him reeling. That was when he zurw-bun feelings for Cars had grown far beyond sibling-like affection.
kept his thoughts to himself. She was too young, and he worried she couldn't tell the difference between love and reliance. He figured there was no need to afterall, they had their whole lives ahead of them. There'd be plenty of time, then, on her path birthday, the confessed her feelings to him. She even kissed him. The joy that filled him at that moment was overwhelming, but a crushing neve of despair swiftly followed it.
hat sday, Wien had learned a secret that forced him to bury his love for her deep inside. From that moment, he held back everything he felt for her, hiding his nootiom behind aruld façade. He'd warried over the years as Clara's spark faded. She becquieter and inore withdrawn, and he knew his rejection had hurt her deeply. But how could his pain The harsh words he'd spoken to herover the years were like knives he'd turned on himself. Regret and guilt hated him every night, tormenting him until it felt ara had cure told him that he was her salvation but in trut I been his. They had becinseparable, intertwined so deeply that he couldn't imagine a And yet, Beir day were the had walked away, resolute and unwavering, the The ache inchis chest slurpened, ther pattu radiating Fluranghelem batter unde tugged at his lips.
He had ruined everything (him standing alone, never looking back, she didn't want him anymore. kande Wien clutched his chest, his reflection in the glass revealing his pale, strained race. A "Is something wong, si The voice startled him. He turned to see the woman seated beside him, her concensed gaze fixed on
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at his features. "You don't look fine.
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