Setting the Stage
Making it clash— that was the hardest part. --- It couldn’t look planned. --- It had to feel like an accident. --- Something she stumbled into. --- Not something I created. --- And that made everything more complicated. --- At the same time— I needed to end things with Roseline. --- Fast. --- Not because I cared— at least that’s what I kept telling myself. --- But because I knew something. --- If I stayed longer… I would fall. --- And that thought— was both comforting and terrifying. --- Because if I fell— everything I built would mean nothing. --- Everything I learned. Everything I became. --- Gone. --- I remembered something I once read. --- Give a man love and he’ll stay and serve. Break his heart and he’ll build an empire. --- It sounded dramat
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