Scarlet
“Missed me?”
Ronan.
Standing under the glow of the streetlights, a smirk playing on his lips, arms crossed like he hadn’t just vanished from my life without a word.
I felt something inside me snap.
And suddenly, breathing didn’t feel so easy anymore.
For a moment, all I could do was stare at him.
He looked the same.
The same sharp angles of his face, the same piercing golden eyes that always seemed to see more than they should.
But there was something different, too.
A heaviness in his expression. A quiet exhaustion in the way he held himself, like he had been carrying too much for too long.
I hated that I noticed it.
Hated that my chest tightened in response.
I folded my arms over my chest, forcing my voice to stay steady.
"You’re back."
"Observant as always," he t
