The pain

Lilian POV

I had barely left the office when everything around me seemed to fall apart. Each step I took was heavier than the last. The words I exchanged with Finn hammered in my mind incessantly, like an out-of-tune song that I couldn't silence. With each breath, the weight of guilt seemed to crush my chest, making each movement more painful. All I wanted at that moment was to disappear, to get away from everything.

When I returned to the room, my eyes automatically searched for Jensen, as if his presence could bring me some kind of relief, but the truth was that not even he could save me from what I was feeling. He was there, casually leaning against one of the tables, seeming completely oblivious to the emotional hurricane that was hitting me. His face was calm, almost relaxed, as if what had just happened was just a small setback, an inconvenience of no real importance.

“This guy has to stop hitting me. He’s so out of control,” Jensen murmured with a chuckle, shaking his head almo