Desired by All and He Threw Away 123

the chemistry thats always simmered beneath our arguments and quiet moments doesnt simmer anymore.it surges thick electric and undeniable. 

i can hear my own heartbeat loud in the quiet room.it isnt just nervous.its alive awakenresponding to him,.. Responding to us. 

My voice comes out smaller than I intend. “Aiden… this changes things.” 

he doesnt answer right away.his chest rises and falls slow and heavy as if hes weighing the words the room the way we are standing in this charged silence,.his eyes never leave mine. 

“yeah,“he murmurs finally soft but firm a note of something like relief or maybe fear or maybe both. “It does.” and in that moment neither of us looks away.not for a second.the room the sunlight the lingering scent of her perfume that still clings faintly to the air- they all fade into the background. 

its just us.just this truth raw and unflinching, and a promise thats been waiting too long to be spoken,. 

i take a slow breath tasting it letting it fill the spaces his words carved open inside me.my hands unclench just a fraction and the tension in my shoulders eases slightly though the heat remains.that electricity doesnt die. 

it cant.its too real too close too honest,. 

Aiden swallows his Adam’s apple bobbing and his lips part as if to say more but he stops.maybe he doesnt need to say anything.maybe the weight of everything we havent said everything we have skirted around for months is finally enough., 

and i know in the core of me that nothing after this no words no excuses no outside interference will ever be the 

same. 

we have crossed a line one thats been invisible and tentative and now its solid real. Im glad we cross it. 

his gaze softens though it doesnt lose its intensity.there is a flicker of vulnerability a tremor of something like hope and i cant help the shiver that races down my spine. 

the air feels alive thick with possibility and danger both and i realize with a quiet certainty that this is exactly what i have been waiting for- even if i didnt know it,. 

i move slightly closer just a step though not enough to close the distance not yet.every inch is heavy with intent with unspoken questions with everything we have never dared to voice,. 

Aiden’s chest rises and falls again each breath a visible tremor against the quiet of the room. 

his hands still at his sides twitch almost imperceptibly.his eyes never leave mine and i find myself caught in the pull of it in the gravity of us,. 

the world outside window–the faint scent of blooming flowers from the garden- doesnt exist here.theres only this room only this moment only the space between us charged and electric and impossible to ignore,. 

i swallow again tasting the air tasting him tasting the undeniable truth we have been circling for months. 

the words i have rehearsed for mornings nights bus rides whispered in my mind and never spoken aloud no 

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Chapter 123 

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longer matter. not now.Not here. 

all that matters is the truth that hangs between us palpable and raw breaking and building all at once.the hesitation the uncertainty the fear- its there yes but so is something else.something bigger stronger undeniable. 

the sunlight catches the edges of his hair the curve of his jaw the tension in his shoulders.i memorize it without meaning to. 

The heat in my chest doesn’t fade. My pulse doesn’t slow. Every nerve in me hums. 

And for the first time, neither of us looks away. 

Not a blink. Not a shift.not a single hesitation.the room the air the sunlight— all of it fades into nothing but the pull the tension the spark between us, 

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