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Promises and Regrets

Author: Sarah Ovvens
last update Last Updated: 2025-01-10 14:08:58

"Because I knew he wouldn’t understand. He doesn’t understand why I’m here with you, Drake. And I didn’t want to explain it. Not right now."

Drake nodded slowly, his eyes darkening with an emotion that seemed to ripple through the very air around them. The weight of his feelings was almost palpable, like a storm gathering on the horizon, threatening to engulf them both.

"I’ve already told you, Calla. Xavier doesn’t understand our love. He’s toxic for you." His words were blunt, each syllable landing with a sharp precision that made Calla’s heart jolt. For her, those words carried a truth she couldn’t entirely ignore—a truth that resonated somewhere deep within her, even though she tried to suppress it.

These days, she had been finding herself thinking that way about her brother too, questioning things she never thought she’d question. But she could never say it aloud. Not in front of Drake. Not in front of anyone.

So, Calla shook her head, her defenses rising instinctively, like walls
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