Chapter Fifty Six : A Love TestedLily's POVThe ride home was quiet. Not like last time, the heavy kind, but a quieter one, as if we were in our own worlds. Simeon gripped the steering wheel tightly, his jaw clenched as if he were afraid I would have second thoughts and run again.I stared out the window, the city lights blurring outside us. Somewhere in my mind, a part of me still refused to believe I was here, next to him all this after all. My heart was still broken, still dazed, but when he wrapped his arms around me again back on that sidewalk, I knew—I couldn't go yet.When we arrived at the house, Simeon drove into the driveway and cut the engine. We didn't budge, though. The house towered in front of us, dark and empty, but I could still feel the memories inside, waiting for me.Simeon broke the silence at last. "Lily," he said, softly but resolute."Before we go inside, there is something I need to tell you."I swallowed hard, fingering my locked hands. "Okay."He rose to fa
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