~*She Was Not Mine to Break*~

She stood across from me, hands trembling slightly, but her voice was steady.

"I still love you," she said.

Three words. Soft. Brave. Reckless.

I didn't move.

She kept going, like she had to get it out before she lost her nerve. "I know it's messy. I know I'm not supposed to say it. But I do. I never stopped."

I stared at her.

She looked at me like I was still the boy she believed in. Like I was worth the ache. Like I was the ending she'd been writing toward all this time.

And I hated it.

"You need to stop," I said, voice flat.

Her breath caught.

"You're not in love with me," I continued. "You're in love with the idea of me. The version you built in your head. The one who fits your story."

She flinched, but I didn't stop.

"I'm not that guy. I never was. And I'm tired of being your obsession."

Silence.

She didn't cry. Didn't speak. Just stood there, eyes wide, like I'd knocked the wind out of her.

I turned toward the door.

"I shouldn't have come," I muttered.

And then I left.

Because if I stayed, I might've softened. Might've apologized.

And I couldn't do that.

Not when I meant every word.

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Ava Kingsley lived in the shadow of her perfect family. She seemed to have everything, Fame, Money, Good looks, Family.

At the age of 20 and on the brink of graduation, she hides a scandalous secret, Her obsession with Alec Blackwood.

Alec is her brother's best friend. Tall, dark, untouchable. The boy she was never meant to want. The boy who doesn't believe in love.

One confession could ruin everything. But when boundaries blur and feelings ignite, desire turns poisonous-and Ava's life begins to unravel in ways no one saw coming.

*A forbidden love. A broken heart. A family that could shatter.*
In Ava's world, even a crush has consequences.

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