* Jana *
Sleep didn't come easy. I lay on my back, staring at the ceiling, the hum of the city faint beyond my window. My body still carried the echo of his kiss, soft yet consuming, the kind that seeps into your bones and lingers in your blood. I hadn't expected it to be this easy to get his attention, not after everything. Not after years of building myself into someone untouchable, someone who could face him without faltering.
And yet... one night, one kiss, and I was back to feeling like I could break.
I turned onto my side, pulling the blanket tighter, but the warmth of his hands still ghosted over my skin. My lips still remembered the shape of his. My heart still raced like it hadn't learned its lesson the first time.
I closed my eyes, telling myself to breathe, to let it go. But
