Chapter Sixty Eight

CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT

ARIA

As Maximo turned to head towards the door, a piece of my broken heart wished he could come back. I wished we could go back in time and change the heartbreaking events that had pulled us apart.

I didn’t say anything as he pulled the door open. I felt like I was trapped in a nightmare, unable to speak or move. His body came to a halt, and I expected him to turn and look at me for one last time. I wanted him to do that.

But instead, his back straightened as his legs led him completely out of the room before the door finally clicked shut behind him. The sound echoed in the silent room, a stark reminder that he was really gone.

In that instant, a wave of emotions crashed over me, and I broke into tears. My whole body hurt, as if I had been shattered into a million pieces. The pain in my chest was indescribable. I thought I was incapable of feeling anything anymore, so why did it hurt so bad? Why did I care so much?

I pressed my hands to my chest, squeezing the fles