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My steps hadn’t gone far before I saw Liam’s body moving toward me-quickly. I froze for a moment, but as soon as I realized, instinct told me to turn away. I wasn’t ready for this. Not here. Not now.
The sand beneath my feet felt heavy, as if pulling at my stride to slow me down, and before I could truly get away, Liam’s fingers
had already caught my arm.
The touch wasn’t rough, but firm enough to make me stop.
“Sienna…” his voice was slightly breathless, as though he had just chased after something vitally important. “How is it… we meet
here?”
I didn’t dare meet his eyes. I only looked at his fingers still gripping my arm-tight, yet hesitant. Like someone afraid to lose, but
unsure how to hold on.
“I don’t know either,” I finally replied, trying to sound calm even as something unnameable rumbled in my chest. “Maybe the
world is just that small.”
Liam gave a quiet, bitterugh. “Or maybe the universe is ying with us.”
I slowly pulled my arm back, but he didn’t let go yet. His gaze was intense, not from anger… but from having so much to say,
without knowing where to begin.
“I have to go,” I blurted, trying to reim control over my steps that had faltered earlier.
“Don’t go,” he said quickly, his tone more like a plea this time. “We… we may be over. But it feels strange for you to just walk away
after meeting like this.”
I looked up, meeting his eyes from this close distance. His face looked tired. There were slight shadows beneath his eyes, his jawline less sharp than usual, and his gaze… God, that gaze made me want to fall apart.
The sky above us felt far too wide, too empty to contain everything left unsaid. The salty air clung to my skin, mingling with the scent of the sea that should have been calming, but now only tightened my chest. The waves behind me kept rolling in, their rhythm constant, like the ticking of a clock reminding me that time moved forward, whether I wanted to stop here or not.
I studied him in silence, trying to read whaty hidden behind his expression. There was something broken there-something he used to hide behind faint smiles or t remarks. Now, the cracks were clear, like shards of ss catching the morning light. Each glint pierced my eyes, but I couldn’t look away.
Liam stood too close. Only a few steps separated us, yet it felt like an unbridgeable chasm. I knew that if I decided to cross it, all the walls I had painstakingly built would crumble instantly. And yet, there was an unseen pull urging me forward, to close the gap, to feel again the warmth I had neglected for too long.
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The sea breeze blew, tossing my hair into disarray. I lowered my head slightly, trying to steady my breathing. Just a few weeks ago, I had left all this behind-left him, left Noah-with the belief that distance would give me answers. I wanted to believe that by leaving, I could save myself. But now, facing Liam, that belief wavered. All the reasons that had once seemed logical now felt like
fragile excuses.
I remembered thest night before I left. The sound of the door closing softly so as not to wake Noah. The dim glow from the living roommp. And Liam, sitting alone on the couch, saying nothing as I stepped out. Only an empty look, like someone watching a
ship drift slowly from the dock without the courage to call it back.
Now, his eyes were no longer empty. They were full-full of something I couldn’t quite name. Regret? Longing? Guilt? Or some
mixture of them all? I didn’t know. All I knew was that seeing him like this fractured something inside me, and I hated to admit it.
The sand beneath my feet felt cold, slightly damp. Each small movement sent an odd sensation through me, as if the earth itself
was trying to remind me that I was still here, in the real world, and had to choose my next step. I could turn away, walk off, and let
this be nothing more than a chance encounter-a tiny fragment in therger story I was writing. Or I could stay, let time soften
the anger and pain, and perhaps find either a fitting ending… or a new beginning.
Another wave came, licking at my toes, leaving behind the salt that slowly dried on my skin. Somewhere beyond the rocks, the sun
was rising higher, carrying a light that could not be avoided. And in that light, I stood with someone I had once loved so deeply,
unsure whether what I felt now was the remnants of that love… or merely its shadow.
Between the sigh of the wind and the crash of the waves, only silence spoke. A silence too heavy to break, yet too fragile to leave
untouched.
My steps hadn’t even moved much farther when I saw Liam’s body approaching-fast. I froze for a moment, but when I came to
my senses, instinct told me to turn around. I wasn’t ready for this. Not here. Not now.
The sand beneath my feet felt heavy, as if pulling my steps to slow down, and before I could truly get away, Liam’s fingers had
already caught my arm.
The touch wasn’t rough, but it was firm enough to make me stop.
“Sienna…” his voice was faint and breathless, as if he had just chased something very important. “How… how could we meet
here?”
I didn’t dare look into his eyes. I only saw his fingers still gripping my arm. Firm, yet hesitant. Like someone afraid of losing
something, but unsure how to hold on.
“I don’t know either,” I finally replied, trying to sound calm even though there was an undefined storm in my chest. “Maybe the world’s just that small,”
Liam let out a quiet, bitterugh. “Or maybe the universe is ying tricks on us.”
I slowly pulled my arm away, but he didn’t let go yet. His gaze was intense-not out of anger, but because there was so much he wanted to say and didn’t know where to begin.
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“I have to go,” I said quickly, trying to regain control over the unsteady steps I’d taken earlier.
“Don’t go,” he said quickly, his tone sounding more like a plea this time. “We… we’re already apart. But it feels strange for you to
just walk away after we meet like this.”
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