Kali
I lay there. Unmoving.
My body is still curled up on the bed, tangled in soft sheets. My eyes are wide open, staring at the wooden ceiling above—as if it holds the answers I’ve been searching for since the moment I met Jack.
His voice keeps echoing. His words playing in a loop like a broken record, stabbing and soothing me all at once.
“If nothing’s changed… if you still don’t want me. Then I’ll accept your rejection.”
Why the hell does that hurt?
He said it so calmly. So… empty. Like he was already letting go. And that terrifies me more than I want to admit.
I suck in a shaky breath, my chest tightening. I should be relieved. That’s what I wanted, right? Freedom. Space. A clean break from this confusing, dangerous bond.
But now that I’m actually lying here—alone—something ab
