" Without looking, i quickly cover up my neck, I'm... I don’t know," I admitted, my voice a whisper barely rising over our shared silence.
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The vulnerability in those words felt like a crack in the ice, exposing the uncertainty aspects of myself I had long hidden, and a faint glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, someone cared enough to stop asking and end this so called drama.
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"Annabelle, are you fine Liam asked again, this time his eyes was fixed on a fuming Elijah. Little did he know all the intimidation, fear and uncertainty clouding my judgment right now was all because of him.
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"You think she’s fine standing here like a deer in headlights?" Elijah's words dripped with sarcasm, but a deeper layer of anger laced his tone.
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"She can be fine if you quit breathing down her neck, clinging to her like a root to a tree," Liam shot back, his voice low but fierce, the protective instinct in him igniting like a match that lit up a stove.
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I don’t know what prompted my next action but, i instinctively moved closer to Liam, feeling an almost magnetic pull toward him. Despite everything, a sense of safety began to bloom.
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Guess what? Elijah did the same too.
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Are you putting the blame on me, Elijah asked not backing down from the confrontation, he must have a death wish, overstepping Liam boundaries.
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Yet Liam stood firm, unfazed by Elijah’s bravery. "Well, whatever that is, it doesn’t include bringing more chaos into Annabelle’s life," he asserted, his voice steady but filled with an unyielding intensity.
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