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The Aftershocks (Sienna)

Author: Shidaliya
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-05 04:42:05

The weight of my confession settled over us like a thick fog, suffocating, inescapable.

Luca hadn’t said a word in the last five minutes. Not since I told him the truth. Not since the ground beneath us cracked open, sending us spiraling into free fall.

He just stood there, hands braced on his knees, head bowed as if the force of what I’d said had physically knocked the breath out of him.

And maybe it had.

I wrapped my arms around myself, trying to suppress the tremors in my hands. My heartbeat was a chaotic rhythm in my chest, each thud a countdown to whatever would come next.

I wanted him to say something. Anything.

Scream. Demand answers. Tell me he hated me.

But the silence was worse.

“Luca,” I whispered.

He straightened slowly, his eyes shadowed, unreadable. When he finally met my gaze, I almost wished he hadn’t.

Because he didn’t look at me like he had yesterday.

Not like I was the girl he wanted, the girl he burned for.

No, he looked at me like I was the lie he never saw coming.
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