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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.

us,

closer, and I

lifted, his fingers skimming my jaw, tilting my chin up just

"Say it," he murmured.

my entire body

you still love

sucked in

have

out of his reach, out

yank was pulling me forward, and before I

so badly to feel this with him, to let

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It hurt so bad I've been living in a different

against my skin, a stark contrast to the heat that still clung to my body from 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 apart. Josh stood in front of me, hands shoved deep into his pockets, eyes searching mine

should have

told him that this, we,

didn't

Not to him.

Not to myself.

said, his voice 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 a step closer. "I do want you to know that I see it now. That I see you. And I want this. I

twisted something

that Paris was enough, that this life I had built here was what I wanted.

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stuck. Life was moving forward without me, and I was

to be in

want to be alone