Narda's POV
As soon as he opened his mouth, the next words that left his lips hit me harder than I expected, harder than I was prepared to handle.
"Look, Narda, I'm falling for you."
It was such a simple sentence, yet it carried a weight I could feel in my bones. I didn't know how to move, how to breathe. Those words clung to the air in the study like smoke, heavy and lingering, impossible to wave away.
And he didn't stop there.
"And know this.. It's not because you remind me of Katty," he continued, his voice softer now but firm. "It's because you don't. What I feel for you is… completely separate, completely different. It's not trying to replace what I had with her. What I feel for you… It's now, it's real, and it scares the hell out of me."
I blinked, his words slici
