Whispers Between Us

heavy, pressing down on her chest, but nothing compared to the suffocating feeling that had taken root inside her. She had left Etha

bye,

erself to fall into this tangled mess of emotions, caught between two men

ghts. She glanced at it without hesitation, her heart

e are

had a way of making everything feel urgent, like she was ru

ld she face him now, after everything? Could she look him in the eye and tell him that

gers moving slowly. "I'm o

him, just like she couldn't keep avoiding herself. The time had come for decisions to be mad

ng out of the car, her legs shaky as she made her way to the entrance. The weight of her choices felt heavier w

le as he stepped aside to let her in. The tension in the air w

breath and met hi

to me," he interrupted, his voice lo

ways cut through the bullshit. But this wasn't the Liam she had come to know over the past months

keep pretending like I don't care about you, Liam. But I als

eft them. He moved closer to her, his presence

ou didn't choose this. I get that. But you can't keep sitting in the middl

tant in her mind over the past few days. She had been trying so hard t

a whisper. "I don't know if I can choose between you and him.

you to have all the answers right now, Maya. But I am asking you to stop running. To stop h

ng, on being able to handle whatever came her way. But now, in the face of her own confusion and inde

ut what if I can't? What if I can't make t

ng-something deep and unresolved. "You have to, Maya. For your own sake. You can'

herself in the whirlwind of emotions she couldn't untangle? And yet, part of her couldn't let go of the hope that somehow

ke the decision he so desperately wanted her to make. But could she? Could she really walk away from Ethan, f

her voice barely audibl

stared at her, his gaze intense and unwaver

. "But you can't keep hiding, Maya. Y

g room, the silence between them deafening. She didn't know how much time she needed, but sh