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Every step I take away from him hurts more than I could ever imagine it would. It’s like I am walking on molten lava, my skin burning, the pain going up my feet to spread through my entire body and lodge deeper into my soul.
Tears prickle my eyes, but I bite my lips to keep myself grounded and not let the sobs bubbling in my throat go free, because he’ll hear and if he does, if he knows that leaving him is the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life, he’d come back for me. I won’t be able to tell him no another time. Not after that night we spent together, not after yesterday.
But it’s over now and I know it’s for the best. With Dzhan seeing I am with someone else, even if it is not the truth, maybe he’ll realise this thing between us was never meant to be. Maybe I won’t have to bre
