Chapter 94 Phone Buzz

• The café had quieted by the time Leo and Zara stepped outside. The city’s late-night sounds wrapped around them, cars passing, distant laughter, the soft hiss of tires on wet roads. The air was cool but still damp from earlier rain, it was carrying that fresh, earthy smell of wet pavement.
• Leo walked beside Zara in silence. His hands were deep in his pockets, his shoulders tight like he was holding back more than words. Zara clutched the strap of her bag, her eyes flicking to the shop windows across the street. But every step felt heavy and thick with the weight of what they hadn’t said and hadn’t done.
• It wasn’t awkward silence. It was loaded. It held questions, hopes, maybe even a bit of fear.