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Present Day ."Really? Now memories will flood back, Sylvia. I'm Leo," he scoffed, his smirk tightening as he studied my reaction.
Recognition dawned like a distant sunrise. His face, voice, and name echoed through the corridors of my mind, triggering a cascade of half-formed recollections. I strained to grasp the threads of our shared past, but they slipped through my fingers like elusive smoke.
His presence, once a puzzle piece lost in the labyrinth of forgotten years, now fits snugly into the mosaic of my fragmented memory. Yet, the details remained obscured, tantalizingly out of reach, teasing with hints of a story waiting to be uncovered. .
As I uttered those words, I awaited her response anxiously. Yet, her ability to feign innocence astounded me. How could she maintain such convincing pretense after orchestrating this ordeal, making me out to be a villainous abductor?
My mind raced with conflicting thoughts, grappling with the betrayal and the surreal nature of our current standoff. Despite the turmoil within, I remained outwardly composed, though my impatience to hear her explanation simmered beneath the surface.
Minutes stretched into an eternity as silence hung heavily between us. Each passing second intensified the weight of unspoken accusations and unanswered questions. I scrutinized her expression for any hint of remorse or guilt, but her facade remained impeccably intact, revealing nothing.
In that tense moment, the words I longed to hear seemed impossibly distant, as if suspended in the void between truth and deception.
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1 year backWe've been friends for the last 5 years . And now the farewell event is near . Which is making me emotional. This was the most beautiful journey of my life . Where I found myself my life partner, Sylvia. Where I found myself a bestfriend, Edward . And many more friends of the college. Where I learnt some lessons , where I did pranks , where I proposed Sylvia.
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°•~Verity Of Vanishment~•°
Bí ẩn / Giật gânSylvia was sitting on a bench near the coffee shop . She and her boyfriend Edward were together. But not for long time . She needed to go to the forest near their neighbourhood to complete a research about animals and submit it to the college profes...