PART 5 CHAPTER 192

LUKE

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"Fuck." I spat as 1 pushed past Francesca. I was a fucking idiot for just standing there. What the hell was wrong with me? I took the stairs two at a time, my heart racing with desperation. I needed to catch her. Needed to see her one last time before it was too late. The imag

As I reached the lobby, I spotted her just as she stepped out of the elevator. She looked so small. "Jessica!" I said her name softly at first, but she heard me and took a step closer. She froze, refusing to turn around.

It felt like the ground had fallen away beneath me. I could hardly breathe.

Without thinking, I extended my arm and pulled her to me, feeling the warmth of her body press against mine. My instincts overpowered everything else in that moment

my need to hold her and feel that she

"Jess," I whispered, my voice breaking. "I missed

I had spent nights dreaming of this moment, and yet now, with her so

it..." she finally said, breaking the spell

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as she took a deep breath, gently peeling my arm away

love you, Luke. So, I'm

my decision not

letting me

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there, paralyzed, as she took a

felt the air rush from my lungs as I watched her walk away, the distance stretching between us. Jessica, the woman I loved, was stepping out of my life for good, giving me a chance at family-to

Wrong.

her and begged her to stay, but the reality of the situation wrapped around me like a vice. I was the one who had put her thr At that moment, I felt utterly powerless, watching her disappear down the street. I was losing the girl who made me feel alive, the girl who had breathed

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