Chapter 309 Epilogue: Landon and Alyssa I

The night before Lucien left, he felt like drowning his thoughts

in a bottle.

Drinking alone was too dreary, so he called up Landon, who seemed just as weighed down by his own troubles.

“Lucien, tell me, what’s so wrong with me? Why doesn’t she see me?” Landon grumbled, swirling his glass.

Lucien shot him a sidelong glance, a wry smirk tugging at his lips.

In his mind, he scoffed. If he couldn’t win over the woman he loved, it was no surprise Landon was striking out.

“Who’s got you all twisted up?” Lucien asked, his curiosity piqued.

Landon glanced at him, hesitating, then dodged the question.

“What about you? Got your heart in knots too?”

Lucien didn’t answer, just poured himself another drink, the amber liquid catching the light.

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Both men sat, wrapped in their private aches, glasses clinking

in a wordless toast to their shared misery.

Their only plan for the night was to drink until the world blurred.

Landon caved first, slumping over the table, mumbling Alyssa’s name as the driver helped him stumble back to his apartment.

No one was there to catch the quiet confession of his lonely heart.

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Alyssa and Landon had been at each other’s throats since they were kids.

To Alyssa, Landon was the pettiest guy she knew.

Older by years, he never let her win–not at games, not at anything.

As kids, he’d swipe her toys; as they grew, his teasing only got sharper.

From her earliest memories, Landon held the top spot on her list of people she couldn’t stand.

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Then came the day her mother returned, her face pale and

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broken.

“Alyssa, your father… there’s been a car accident. He didn’t

survive.”

Alyssa’s world collapsed.

She’d been counting on her dad to bring home that new doll she’d begged for. How could he be gone? They’d just talked yesterday, laughing over the phone.

At the funeral, for once, Landon didn’t poke fun.

corner out of her mother’s sight, her

found

Landon said softly, his voice

sound tugged

lay off you from now on,”

no words could heal the

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beside her, silent, keeping her

black.

mother, Elena, finally

face and ran to

“Mom, I’m here!”

so much as glance

time after that, the two hardly

paths again, Alyssa was different. She was quieter and

heard about Elena’s remarriage and could sense Alyssa’s growing

threw a big birthday

locking herself in

She felt small, forgotten.

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and her parents were nowhere to

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found.

fawning over the person she loathed

bed, Alyssa’s eyes

Luna’s tears. Now, she felt

different.

knock at

out, she saw Landon perched outside. She flung open the window, and

heist?” Alyssa

mussing her hair with a playful roughness. “Get your head out of the clouds,

stared at the food, her throat tightening

in his eyes.

annoying!” Alyssa snapped, though

like an

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bite of the turkey, then tilted her head. “Why

his head, a sheepish grin spreading. “Thought it’d be more… epic this

Eat up, and no more waterworks, got it?”

lip, watching him clamber back out

after him.

sill, tossing her a

probably the first time she had willingly

Landon leaping from the window, his face a mix of amusement and confusion.

with the acrobatics?”

hands, flashing a grin. “Just training for the long jump.

he called, striding

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went to check on Alyssa, but she

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opening up only to her

board at school,” she said, her voice sweet

“Board? And who’s gonna bake you those little

just don’t like Luna. She drives me up the wall, and I

sighed, softening, “What’s got you so against

mumbled, unable to pin down

put,” Allen said firmly. “You don’t have to hang

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