I Left to Protect Her, and Lost Myself
He loved her more than life itself.
But love, he believed, wasn't always enough.
Haunted by a past he couldn't outrun and a future he feared would destroy her, Zeke made the hardest choice of his life - he walked away from Xyra, the only woman who ever truly saw him. He told himself it was to protect her. To save her from the heartbreak his broken soul would inevitably cause.
But time has a cruel way of proving us wrong.
Now, years later, Zeke lives in quiet torment, drowning in the silence left behind. She's moved on - or so he tells himself - while he remains stuck in the memory of what could have been. Every missed call, every unwritten letter, every sleepless night is a reminder: he didn't just lose her. He let her go.
This is a story of love, regret, and the heavy price of doing what we think is right - even when it shatters everything we truly need.
Sometimes, the worst kind of pain... is the one we choose.
