Kabanata 33
Gavin’s POV “Love, real love, is patient. And sometimes, the bravest thing you can do… is wait.” I didn’t expect a reply. Not immediately. Maybe not ever. But every morning since I left that letter at the café, I found myself walking the same route that passed by her street — not to stalk, not to chase, just to be near. Just in case. Sometimes, I’d pause at the corner store and buy a bottle of the green tea she used to love. I’d sit on a bench a block away and pretend I had errands to run, though the only thing I was really doing… was breathing in a version of her world. I didn’t know if she saw me. But I wasn’t doing it for attention. I was doing it because staying away while she healed didn’t mean I had to disappear completely. I still remembered the way she laughed at corny jo
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