Chapter 71 Heartbeat By The Pool

• The moment his lips touched mine, it was like everything around me fell into silence.
• Not just quiet, but the kind of silence that sinks deep into your bones. The soft splash of water in the pool behind us suddenly felt like it didn’t exist. Even the chaos in my head, the never-ending questions, the doubts, the pain, it all paused, just for that single heartbeat.
• My heart thudded, hard and loud. I could hear it pounding inside my chest like it was trying to break free.