Chapter 34 Chapter Thirty Four

• Sandra’s lips lingered on mine, soft yet uncertain, like she was testing boundaries she wasn’t sure existed.
• I didn’t push her away, but I didn’t pull her closer either. My body stiffened, caught between the warmth of her presence and the cold, unshakable weight of the system still humming somewhere inside me.
• When she finally broke the kiss, her breath trembled against my cheek. “You’re not the same boy you were before the accident,” she whispered. “And that scares me… but it also draws me closer. Care to tell me what that was all about?"