Too Close, Too Far

He was her world. He wished she wasn't in his.

Alina Hayes had always believed that love was about persistence. That if she stayed, if she kept trying, maybe one day, Riven Castellanos would finally see her. But to him, she was nothing more than a stubborn presence-someone who hovered too close, too often.

Then, one day, he snapped. "I don't want to see your face again."

So, she gave him what he wanted.

No goodbyes. No explanations. Just an empty seat where she used to be.

Riven didn't care at first. Why would he? But as time passed, her absence started to gnaw at him in ways he never expected. The quiet felt too loud. The space she left behind felt too vast. By the time he realized what she really meant to him, she was already too far away.

Years later, fate pulls them back together. But the girl who once stayed no matter what? She isn't waiting for him anymore.

And now, Riven is the one chasing after someone who might never turn back.

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