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The Day He Saved Me

Author: Professor one

Chapter 1 01

Word Count: 988 | Released on: 07/04/2025

aping my lips. I just made a phone call to check on my sister,

rth to pursue her bachelor degree, and our parents are st

y that I'm thrilled to work here as an intern in one of the big

's the result of all the hard work th

e – enough to secure the company's trust – and finish my fi

my hands. Excellent academic records. Promising career prospects. And glorious achie

ouse, I can't help but feel empty. I'm clo

uth as I cover my eyes with my

the same horrible feeling stirs inside me

hat it always happen

t want to fall asleep.

o resist, when the nightma

cape, only to fail miserably. It's somethi

ned years ago. Back when

e is shaking. It s

scape from my mouth. I

to go through

egs, her cries ec

ut I can't see anythin

int that I can feel that my eyes are bulging o

y hear he

» she whispe

r, and I swallow hard. Her sobs break,

at myself. I want to scream, but agai

e controlling my body and my movement. I feel my hands roaming somethin

t this hap

at it is. I can feel her skin. But I still can't see h

at made me feel at ease, now pains me to the point that it can actuall

ucking ri

k and shoulder. She's clingin

hose not to. I beg to do it now. I beg to stop

nd I'm losing my mind because I can't even remember her voice. It al

n my throat as I shout at myself, bu

at it happened. I

my neck. I already know the next words that she'll whisper, because all of this h

yes, and a tear sli

han the last time I saw it before I went to bed, because

hen I rake my fingers through my blonde hair

imes this happens, t

to go through it as long as I

Just lik

and and take out a small box. M

air, which might still be with its owner. It's

trace that w

orning has come, I can already hear the sound of cars

Chapter End

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The Day He Saved Me

Professor one Romance

“« It's you and me. Together, » he says, his voice soft yet unwavering. « Us against the world. » In that moment, I want to believe him. I want to believe that someone like him - untouchable, adored, the golden boy of our school - could really mean those words. That the universe could be kind enough to let someone like me hold on to someone like him. But life isn't a fairy tale. I know that better than anyone. Growing up, I learned to fear men. To distrust their words, their smiles, and their promises. My stepfather was my first lesson - a cruel man who used his fists and his words to break my mother and me into pieces too small to repair. I watched her endure him, and I told myself I'd never give anyone that power over me. I would never let anyone get close enough to hurt me. And then came that morning. The day Jake Spencer - star quarterback, school heartthrob, a boy who lives in a world so far from mine it might as well be another galaxy - saw me. Not just looked at me, but *saw* me. It was the day he saved me. Maybe he didn't realize what he was doing, but it didn't matter. That small act of kindness cracked something open inside me, like sunlight slipping through the shutters of a locked room. But Jake Spencer doesn't remember that day. How could he ? To him, it was nothing - a fleeting moment in a life full of glory and victories. But to me, it was everything. It was a lifeline, a flicker of hope in a world I thought would always be dark. It doesn't matter. I tell myself that every day. He's the golden boy. I'm the invisible girl. We belong in two different stories, and I'm better off blending into the background. It's safer there. For both of us. But fate has never cared about what I want. When it brings us together again, it isn't gentle. It strikes like lightning - sudden, fierce, and utterly unstoppable. He crashes into my life, turning everything I thought I knew into chaos. He tears down my walls, breaks through my defenses, and leaves me exposed in ways I never thought possible. He destroys me. And just like the first time, I'm the only one who remembers. But what I don't realize is that this time, he's breaking too.”