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But I couldn’t… We couldn’t

Squeezing her hand, I pulled it from my face and laid it at her side Disappointment showed in her hurt expression, and I reluctantlyus some space

"Elpi?" Aliyana called fro with a loose strand of hair that had fallen fro at ainst her high cheeks "Are you okay to talk about the others?" she asked shyly

No, I wanted to say I’s from my past that I don’t ever wanna face

Instead, I took a deep breath and nodded

A relieved smile spread on her face, and she moved to stand beside me I immediately felt her warmth, and the air became thick around us Aliyana dipped her head and blushed, and I knew she felt the weird pull between us too

Why did everything incomplicated?

"So which one should we do next?" she asked

"I don’t care," I said,my s straight for est piece, the piece, and I stopped dead in my tracks It took Aliyana a second to realize I wasn’t behind her In fact, I’d turned hwhat that sculpturethere," I snapped

"Okay," Aliyana said cautiously "Do you want to choose another one?"

I closedmyself scan the room, al… h a few

Walking to a sh the sand, I e of my head for Aliyana to join le nod "Do we have a title?"

As I looked at the hand of thein the sand, I felt the suffocation, the i him further and further down…