Chapter 87 I Need Her

• Levi’s POV
• Rina had been back in my life for only a short while, yet every second apart from her felt like torture. She was there, right in front of me, but just out of reach. Like an illusion I was too afraid to touch, fearing she’d disappear again.
• I’d spent the past few nights wide awake, staring at the ceiling, my mind filled with thoughts of her—of the way she walked, the way she tilted her head when she was thinking, the way she bit her lip in frustration. I wanted to be near her, to touch her, to hold her. But every time I got too close, she would retreat, leaving me stranded in a sea of unspoken words and suppressed desires.