Evelyn's POVThe moment the door closed behind me, it felt as though the entire world had finally been shut out by something solid and immovable, like a wall rising abruptly between me and everything waiting outside, and for the first time that night, there were no voices chasing after me, no headlights cutting through the dark, no Julian looking at me with that expression that always made me hesitate right before I walked away.I let go of the suitcase without even properly setting it down, and it hit the floor with a heavy sound that echoed through the apartment while I stayed leaning against the door behind me, my body slowly giving out until I slid all the way down and ended up sitting on the cold floor with my knees bent against my chest.The second I stopped moving, my breathing completely lost its rhythm.It was as if everything I had been forcing down outside—the humiliation, the confusion, the anger, the heartbreak, the effort it took to keep my face calm in front of Sebastia
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