Scarlet
Because, I loved you, Dammit!!
Silence.
A thick, deafening silence wrapped around us like a noose, suffocating, tight, inescapable.
I forgot how to breathe.
Damien’s words still rang in my ears, but my mind refused to process them. They felt unreal, like an echo from some alternate reality where things had played out differently. But this was real. It had to be, because I could see it. The way his chest heaved, the way his fists clenched, the way his gray eyes burned with something too raw to be a lie.
I loved you.
He loved me.
Love?
What the actual f*ck?
The world blurred at the edges, narrowing until it was just him, standing there, looking at me like he regretted every cruel word, every cold touch, every time he had pushed me away. But it was too late. It had to be too
