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WHAT WE NEVER SAID

WHAT WE NEVER SAID

Author: Marvie_szn
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Chapter 1 THE WAY WE WERE

Word Count: 1058    |    Released on: 20/07/2025

of Solo cups-and yet the only thing Zara could focus on was Jace Carter's ridiculous

ching her nose with a grin as she pl

is hand and gave her a lazy smirk. "Y

ng into dusk. A breeze teased the edges of her curls, and the smell of grass mixed with gr

on the lawn. Cheap food. Endle

t t

es, assignments, and the relentless noise of college life. Somehow, this becam

e box and held out a

nly if you promise not to b

ar

ru

eside her. Their shoulders

nced at him from the corner of her eye. He was chewing lazily, his eyes squinting against the last light of the sun. His curls we

ad her best fri

ing an aggressive bite of her

"That we met because I knocked over your coffee in line freshman

his head toward her. "You were

looked like a lost baby dee

age," he sai

as tr

amiliar. But there was something else underneath it now. Something restless. Zara felt it in the way

started. Or maybe she did an

hought I was pre-med

hope fo

"Nah. Architecture was always the pl

g disappointed in yo

r cheek. "And yet here we are, three yea

heart s

faces inches apart. "Who said I

ached his eyes and settled low in her stomach. "

d. "What do

playing frisbee, their laughter carried on the wind. "Like..

hy

ow. Sometimes I think about how things w

unspoken. Zara felt her throat tighten

asn't that alw

ould say anything, her phone buzzed. O

o

d it withou

e didn't ask-he never did-but the

?" he ask

fast. "Yeah.

ngers idly toyed with the crust, and then-gently-his othe

tative. Not quite holdin

, heart thudding so hard s

without her saying a word. But it wasn't just comf

ed that she

wanted to tangle her fingers t

d. "You ever think

head, studying h

do you

re quiet. Music playing. I'm sketching. There's some

aintly. "Soun

romanti

th anything t

"Not true. I

him a loo

lirted with

. "You think this

the eyes. "No. With

eath c

ir blanket. Zara shifted slightly, pulling her hand away under

e lawn. Streetlights flickered on in the distance. The voices from

g crumbs from her j

box and slung his backpack

e silence between them now wasn't empty-it was thick

g they ne

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