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Chapter Twenty-Six
All this time, Hunter was shielding the pain he hid inside. When I thought he was being a prick, he was actually heartbroken.
I lay on the bed, motionless, listening to the uneven beats of the rain on the rooftop, feeling the rhythmic thumping of my heart inside my chest.
I was sure my eyes would be swollen in the morning. But I knew that no matter how many more tears I shed tonight, it wasn’t going to make things better. Hunter and I lost a lot of time being apart. And until now, I couldn’t see a hope for our future.
Maybe we were never meant to be together in the first place. Or maybe we were meant to be torn apart by bad timing and a series of unfortunate misunderstandings.
Fatigue and heartache got the better of me. I closed my eyes and fell asleep, hoping that the nightmares would not come chasing me again, hoping that when I wake up, Hunter wouldn’t be hurting because of me. And I wouldn’t be hurting because of him.
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