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Chapter 15: Convincing Himself
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Ethan sat at his small wooden desk, a stack of books towering beside him. His laptop screen glowed in the dimly lit apartment, the cursor blinking on a blank document that had remained untouched for the past hour. He had an assignment due, research to complete, pages upon pages of notes to review.And yet, all he could think about was her.He tightened his grip around his pen, tapping it restlessly against the desk. Focus. He forced himself to look down at the textbook in front of him, scanning the words on the page. But they blurred together, turning into meaningless lines. His mind betrayed him, painting an image of Sienna instead—her teasing smirk, the sway of her hips when she walked, the way her voice wrapped around him like silk whenever she spoke.He exhaled sharply and raked a hand through his hair.This is ridiculous.Forcing his attention back to the book, he read aloud, hoping it would anchor him. “The economic impact of…” His voice trailed off. He hadn’t even registered th
Last Updated : 2025-03-21Whispers Through the Wall Chapter 17: A Coffee Invitation
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Ethan stirred his coffee absentmindedly, still trying to process the fact that he was sitting across from Sienna in a coffee shop, having an actual conversation. It felt surreal—like he had somehow stepped into someone else’s life. A life where a girl as mesmerizing as Sienna acknowledged his existence, let alone invited him out for coffee.Sienna leaned back in her chair, eyeing him with that familiar teasing glint in her gaze. She twirled her straw between her fingers, a slow, almost hypnotic motion. “So,” she drawled, her lips curving into a mischievous smile. “Tell me, Ethan… have you ever been with a woman before?”Ethan choked on his coffee.He barely managed to set his cup down without spilling it all over himself. His entire body went stiff, and for a brief, horrifying moment, he wondered if he had misheard her. “W-what?” he stammered, his face heating up instantly.Sienna bit her lower lip, as if trying to hold back laughter. “You heard me.”His ears burned. He knew she loved
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Ethan had always been the type to overthink things. Small details, tiny inconsistencies—things that most people wouldn’t even notice stuck in his mind like an unsolved puzzle. And lately, the puzzle of Sienna had begun to consume him.It wasn’t just her beauty or the way she teased him that kept his thoughts circling around her like a moth to a flame. It was the way she skillfully danced around personal questions, always steering conversations away when things got too close to home.He first noticed it a few nights after their coffee outing. They had run into each other again outside their apartments, and somehow, she had invited herself inside his place.“You live like a monk,” she teased, eyes sweeping over his small, barely decorated apartment. “No posters? No knickknacks? Not even a single piece of clutter?”Ethan, sitting on the edge of his worn-out couch, shrugged. “I like things neat.”Sienna perched herself on the armrest, stretching her legs out lazily. “You like control.”He
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Ethan had always been curious by nature. It was part of what made him a great programmer—his mind was wired to pick things apart, to analyze patterns, to find meaning in the details others ignored. But lately, that same curiosity had turned into something deeper, something more unsettling.It was because of her.Sienna.He sat across from her in his apartment again, sipping at a lukewarm cup of coffee as she toyed with the rim of her own mug. They had fallen into an odd routine—random, unplanned moments where she’d slip into his space without warning, making herself comfortable as if she belonged there. He never asked her to leave. He wasn’t sure he wanted to.Tonight, she was quieter than usual.Ethan watched her, noting how her eyes lingered on nothing in particular, lost in thought. The usual spark of mischief that danced in her expression was missing, replaced by something more distant. He hesitated, debating whether to break the silence.Finally, he said, “You’re not yourself ton
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Ethan never considered himself obsessive. He wasn’t the kind of guy who fixated on things—at least, not outside of his work. But Sienna was different. She had seeped into his mind like ink into paper, staining every thought, every moment of quiet reflection.He didn’t realize when it started—this… fascination. Maybe it was the way she seemed to drift in and out of his life on a whim, making him feel like she belonged there only to disappear again, leaving an emptiness behind. Maybe it was how she kept him at a maddening distance, always teasing, always deflecting, never truly letting him in. Or maybe it was just her, the way she moved, the way she laughed, the way her eyes carried secrets she refused to share.And he wanted to know them. All of them.Ethan found himself watching her more than he should have. It wasn’t intentional at first—just small things. He noticed when she left in the evening and when she returned, sometimes in the early hours of the morning, hair tousled, a dazed
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Ethan had always been good at drawing. It was something he did when the world felt too chaotic, when his mind refused to settle. The scratch of pencil against paper was comforting, a way to make sense of things that words couldn't. And now, his sketchbook was filled with nothing but her.Sienna.He hadn’t meant for it to happen. It started as absentminded doodles in the margins of his notes, the curve of a shoulder here, the arch of a back there. But before he knew it, his pages were consumed by her—her eyes, her smirk, the way she twisted her hair around her fingers when she was deep in thought.She had become his obsession, one he couldn’t shake, no matter how much he told himself he needed to stop.Tonight, Ethan sat at his small wooden desk, the only light in his apartment coming from the flickering desk lamp. His fingers were smudged with graphite as he dragged his pencil across the page, carefully tracing the lines of her face. He had drawn her dozens of times, but each time, it
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Ethan sat in the dimly lit café across from his best friend, David, nursing a cup of lukewarm coffee. The familiar hum of chatter and the occasional clinking of silverware filled the air, but Ethan was only half-aware of his surroundings. His mind was elsewhere—on Sienna, on her touch, on the way her lips had brushed against his cheek the night before.David, however, had no such distractions. He sat back in the booth, arms crossed, watching Ethan with a look of concern that bordered on exasperation.“You look like shit, man,” David finally said, breaking the silence. “Have you even slept?”Ethan blinked, snapping back to reality. He ran a hand through his disheveled hair. “Yeah. I mean, sort of.”David scoffed. “That’s a no.” He leaned forward, his voice lowering. “Is this about her?”Ethan frowned. “Who?”David shot him a knowing look. “Don’t play dumb. The neighbor. The girl you’re practically obsessed with.”Ethan tensed. “I’m not obsessed.”David let out a dry laugh. “Right. You
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Ethan had barely slept. His mind kept replaying their conversation over and over again. Sienna’s laughter, the sharp bite of her words, the way she had dismissed his feelings like they were nothing. He told himself he wouldn’t think about it anymore, that it was better this way. He had no place in her world, and she had made that clear.And yet, late into the night, just as the city had settled into quiet murmurs of distant sirens and rustling winds, something pulled him from the haze of his restless thoughts.Soft, muffled sobs.At first, he thought he was imagining it. Sienna was not the type to cry—at least, not in front of anyone. But as he sat up in bed, straining to listen, the sound became clearer. It wasn’t the distant, passion-laced moans he had become used to hearing through the thin walls. No, this was raw, broken.Sienna was crying.Ethan’s chest tight
Whispers Through the Wall Chapter 36: A Fool's Confession
Ethan had spent the entire day trying to convince himself that he shouldn’t say anything. That it was better to keep his feelings locked away where they couldn’t be exposed and torn apart. But his resolve shattered the moment he saw her again.Sienna was outside her apartment, leaning against the railing of the hallway balcony, smoking a cigarette. The soft glow of the city lights reflected off her skin, making her look almost ethereal. He didn’t know if it was the way she exhaled the smoke so slowly, or the way the night breeze toyed with the loose strands of her hair, but she looked untouchable. Untouchable, yet standing right there.He didn’t think—he just walked up to her.She glanced at him from the corner of her eye, an amused smirk playing at her lips. “So, you’re back to speaking to me now?”Ethan swallowed, his hands clenched at his sides. “I need to tell you something.”
Whispers Through the Wall Chapter 35: The Ice Between Us
Ethan barely had time to process the way Sienna had looked at him before she shut the door in his face. He told himself to let it go. To walk away and forget the way her skin had felt beneath his fingers.But forgetting wasn’t an option.The next morning, he left his apartment earlier than usual, hoping to avoid her again. But luck wasn’t on his side. As soon as he stepped into the hallway, she was already there—leaning against her doorframe, arms crossed, eyes sharp and unreadable.“So, we’re doing this now?” she asked, tilting her head. “Silent treatment? Avoidance? Like I’m some kind of disease?”Ethan stopped mid-step, his pulse quickening. He hadn’t expected her to be so direct. “That’s not what I’m doing.”Sienna scoffed. “Oh really? Because you’ve been acting like I don’t exist. And newsflash, nerd—I do.”He clenched his jaw. “I’ve just b
Whispers Through the Wall Chapter 34: The Space Between Us
Ethan tried to stay away.For three days, he avoided the hallway, changed his schedule to leave his apartment when he knew she wouldn’t be around, and kept his eyes glued to his laptop screen even when his thoughts drifted elsewhere. It was the only way to get some control back—some sense of normalcy after what had happened between them.But it wasn’t working.The more he ignored her, the more she occupied his mind. Every shadow moving past his door made his pulse spike. Every time he heard laughter from her apartment, something inside him twisted. He told himself it was for the best, that he had to put some distance between them.But distance was a lie. Because even if he wasn’t near her, she was inside him, running through his veins like an addiction he couldn’t shake.On the fourth day, Ethan returned from work later than usual, exhausted but res
Whispers Through the Wall Chapter 33: Fighting the Inevitable
Ethan sat on the edge of his bed, elbows resting on his knees, fingers tangled in his hair. His mind was a battlefield, a raging war between desire and self-doubt. No matter how much he told himself to stay away, to not get pulled deeper into Sienna’s orbit, he couldn’t fight it.She was everywhere.Every thought. Every breath. Every dream.Her words echoed in his head—"You’re too innocent for my world." He gritted his teeth, his hands clenching into fists. What did she mean by that? Was she mocking him? Protecting him? Or was it just another way to keep him at a distance while she entertained other men?A sharp pang of jealousy shot through his chest. He hated that feeling. He had no right to it, yet it consumed him, growing like a wildfire every time he heard the faint creak of her door or the muffled voices that followed.He stood abruptly, pacing his small apa
Whispers Through the Wall Chapter 32: Too Innocent
Ethan sat rigid on Sienna’s couch, his fingers gripping the empty glass in his lap as he tried to steady his breath. The sting of her teasing still clung to him, burning beneath his skin.She stretched out beside him, draping herself lazily over the cushions, one leg crossing over the other. The hem of her dress rode up slightly, revealing more of her smooth thigh. It was deliberate—everything about her was deliberate.He should have seen it coming.Sienna let out a small sigh, her fingers tracing absentminded patterns on the fabric of the couch. “You’re sweet, Ethan,” she murmured, almost as if she were talking to herself. Then, her gaze slid to him, sharp and assessing. “Too sweet.”He forced himself to look at her, his jaw clenched. “What’s that supposed to mean?”She smirked, amused by his sudden defensiveness. “It means you don’t belong here,” she said simply
