NORA'S POVI stumbled out of the building, Isabella's words pounding in my head like a relentless drumbeat. “Sam doesn’t want to see you. Go back to Paris and leave him alone.” My breath came in ragged gasps, and I tried to steady myself, clutching at the railing outside the lobby as the world spun around me.My heart pounded in my chest, each beat feeling like a physical blow. Had Sam really said that? Was everything we’d fought to rebuild already crumbling apart? My vision blurred, and I felt the familiar tightening in my chest. Panic clawed at my throat, making it impossible to breathe.“Calm down,” I whispered to myself, but my voice cracked, and I sank to the cold stone steps, pressing a hand to my chest as if that could keep my heart from shattering. The city moved around me, indifferent to my pain, but I felt utterly still—frozen.Eventually, I forced myself to stand and began to walk, no destination in mind, just needing to move, to escape the suffocating dread. I wandered aim
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