Natalia:
The forest road curved into a clearing I didn’t recognize, sunlight spilling through the trees like liquid gold.
The hum of the engine quieted as Nolan stopped the car, and I blinked at the small cabin nestled between wildflowers and birch trees. It wasn’t extravagant, no chandeliers, no velvet drapes, just simplicity, warmth, and quiet.
He stepped out first, coming around to open my door. The gesture caught me off guard.
“You brought me here?” I asked, looking around. “Don’t get me wrong, but you are not the type to find it easy to enjoy the ‘calm’.”
His lips lifted slightly. “You said once you liked places that didn’t feel like cages. And you think you know me all too well, but I actually do find better solitude in calmness. The world that I live in is loud enough.”
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