Later That Night - After Everyone's Asleep
The house was quiet now.
Too quiet.
The buzz of laughter, music, and clinking glasses had faded into memory. I lay in bed beside Kenneth , his arm wrapped around my waist as his breathing slowed into the steady rhythm of sleep.
But mine... wasn't.
My mind was still on that balcony.
The way George had looked at me.
On how close we came to a line we could never uncross.
My phone buzzed softly on the nightstand. I reached for it slowly, careful not to wake the man beside me.
1:12 AM - George
"You still awake?"
My heart skipped.
I stared at the screen. I shouldn't answer.
But I did.
Me:
"Yes."
A moment later, the typing bubbles appeared.
George:
"I can't sleep either."
Then another message.
George:
"I know I shouldn't be saying this... not like this... but if I don't, I might lose my mind."
My pulse was in my throat now.
George:
"You're all I could think about tonight. Every time I looked at you... I felt it. I saw it in your eyes too."
I swallowed hard, fingers frozen above the screen.
George:
"I never expected this. I didn't want this. But I can't lie to myself anymore... I want you. And it's driving me f*ing insane knowing I can't have you."
My chest tightened.
George (last message):
"I'd never do anything to hurt Kenneth . But if things were different... God, I'd give anything to be the one holding you tonight."
I stared at the message, heart pounding so loud I was afraid it would wake the man lying inches from me.
I turned off the screen.
Laid it on my chest.
And just stared at the ceiling.
Torn.
Because the worst part wasn't the message.
It was how much I wanted to read it again.
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