Mated 321

Chapter 321

I didn't know whether to cry harder or hold him tighter.

So, I did both.

I leaned in and kissed his forehead, right in the center, like sealing a promise and

an assurance there. I held his face in my palms and whispered, "I see you, Kester. I've always seen you."

His eyes fluttered shut like those words hurt and healed him, at the same time.

"I don't remember that day, admitted, my voice shaking. "But if I had known what you were going through... if I had known what that house was like for you... God, I would have climbed that window just to sit beside you."

His breath hitched.

"I would have stayed until you didn't feel so alone."

His arms came around me again, tighter this time, like I'd said something sacred. We stayed like that for a while, just holding each other as if time could be rewound if we pressed close enough.

more I

that mattered

his gaze. "Kester... what you went through, the things you buried so deep for so long... they've shaped the way you feel. The way you

He tensed.

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around me like I was about

his face again, "And it's not your fault. None of it is. But

He said nothing.

silence was so loud it rang in

him wasn't the past -it was the idea that even

Me.

to hurt you," I said softly. "I'm saying it because love you. Because I want

free. Truly free."

Still nothing.

throat bobbed like he was holding back more than

pressed my forehead to his, my voice barely more than a breath. "If you truly love me, Kester... if you want us to last... then I need you to get the help you need. Not just for me. For you. For our

breath stuttered. I felt it... I felt

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