THE CONTRACTED HEART

was grand and beautiful, but it was still filled with stiffness that I can't describe. The cold marble

things that didn't need to be arranged. Just to keep myself from thinking

und of footstep behind me, I got nervous as usual because Alex was near. Not because I was afraid, but because he always b

voice broke the silence,

lly he has never spoken to me after the day we got

ed with a voice sof

He wasn't looking at me, though his eyes were focu

I replied surprised

himself some coffee. His movements seem

er cou

how to reply or what it meant. "Did it mean something?"

e both physically and emotionally, it was like a raging river and we haven't figur

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her that I couldn't ignore. I had tried. I had tried to treat her as a pawn in the arran

g about her and it makes me want to care for her. But am not supposed to care, caring is a weakness and

I asked with the colde

o be shocked "I am just adjusting fine"

is nothing more than a contract. But recently, I found myself wanting to know more about her and why she always stayed up late by the

s dangerous, but

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t, but because I don't want to think about the unsaid things between us anymore. He was like a

e I find peace in this beautiful cage, the only place where I can drown mys

ind drifted back to Alex. There was something dif

e the version of him that I kn

n't say anything to me, he just walked towards the bookshelves with his usual air of focus and

while glancing at me. "you might like

. That small insignificant touch sent a shiver down my spin

to leaving the room. I stared at the book in my hands, m

g to me? What is