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Chapter 615

Author: Rosie Steppe
I tried to move closer, but just as I did, Yara let out a choked sob. "Hayden."

It felt like my heart had been ripped out. Slowly, I lifted my head to look at him. His eyes were half-closed now, no longer fluttering. The hand that had been resting by the bed hung limp at his side.

"Hayden," I whispered.

But he didn't respond.

I shook my head, disbelief crashing over me. I cupped his face, frantic. "Hayden, please. You haven't finished talking—just say something. Please!"

The words caught in my throat, choking me. I leaned in, kissing him everywhere—his nose, his eyes, his cheeks, his lips—desperately trying to wake him.

But he didn't move.

He wasn't going to say, "Kiki, stop it," ever again.

"Hayden, don't leave me. You're all I have left," I screamed.

The emptiness inside me was unbearable, swallowing me whole.

This was worse than losing my parents. Back then, I was too young to fully get it—but now? Losing Hayden was like being dragged underwater, suffocating, helpless.

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