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LAURA - STILL IN THE PAST OR... DREAMS MAYBE?

I shook my head, trying to steady myself. "Josh-"

"Don't," he cut me off. "Don't say whatever bullshit excuse you've been telling yourself. Not tonight. It was a long ass flight, and I just... just listen."

I stared at him, my heart slamming against my ribs.

"I tried to let you go," he admitted, his voice rough. "I told myself you wanted this, that you were better off without me. That I was better off without you." He exhaled sharply. "But none of it was fucking true, Laura."

I swallowed hard, and my throat suddenly dried.

His eyes burned into mine. "Tell me you don't feel this."

The weight of his words settled in my chest, heavy and suffocating.

I wanted to lie.

I wanted to tell him that I had moved on, that I was happy, that he was just a ghost of something I barely remembered.

But I couldn't.

Because the truth was, standing here, with his hand wrapped around my wrist and his voice scraping against my skin like fire 0.00%

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I had never stopped feeling this.

I had never stopped feeling him.

And maybe, just maybe-.

I never would.

around us, but

step closer, and I

hand lifted, his fingers skimming my jaw, tilting my

"Say it," he murmured.

stared at him, my entire body

still love

in a

have

this club, out of his reach, out of this moment before it swallowed me

pulling me forward, and before I could

to feel this with him,

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a different country. I was not doing this again. I pushed JOsh away and ran for an

the club. My heart was pounding, my mind spinning-not just from the alcohol, but from him. From everything he'd said. From the way he kissed me like he was making up for every second we'd been

should have walked

should have told him that this, we, were a

didn't

Not to him.

Not to myself.

rough with regret. "I know that. I know I hurt you. And I don't expect you to just forget everything because I finally pulled my head out of my ass. But Laura..." He exhaled sharply, taking

something deep inside

time pretending that Paris was enough, that this life I

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I was standing in the middle of

didn't want to

want to be alone