Chapter 41

Things with Jacob felt different now. The uncertainty was gone. So were the long silences weighed down by everything we couldn’t say. In their place had appeared knowing smiles, lingering glances that seemed capable of carrying entire conversations, and those casual brushes of hands that still sent a shiver racing through me as though it were the first time. It was strange and wonderful at the same time. We had known each other for years, and yet everything felt new, as though we had only just been introduced. We didn’t spend much time talking about what being together actually meant. We didn’t need to. It was there in the way he looked at me when he thought nobody else was paying attention, or in the way he opened the car door for me with that calm, confident half-smile that somehow dismantled every coherent thought I had. We were living inside a small, quiet bubble, a shared secre

Chapter 42

Over the past three weeks, life had taken on a different color. Not everything was perfect. There were still the occasional awkward moments with Dad, the curious looks at school, and Kate’s relentless teasing. But Jacob and I had learned how to exist inside a space that felt entirely our own, something quiet and invisible to everyone else, as though we had somehow discovered a frequency that only the two of us could hear. Sometimes it was nothing more than a quick coffee after class, where he insisted on trying desserts that never seemed to fit his image of a serious, responsible adult and somehow always made me laugh. Other times, it was a walk with no destination, Jacob with his hands tucked into his pockets, while I deliberately stretched every conversation for as long as possible, even the simplest ones, just to hear his voice a little longer. There were dates at tiny museums almost nobody visited, where I ofte

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