Elena’s POV
6:07 AM — I Couldn’t Sleep
I watched the sky turn pale behind the curtains and felt like I hadn’t blinked in hours.
My lips still tasted like him.
Every part of was buzzing with guilt. But there was sothing else tangled in it — sothing worse.
Hope.
It was the kind of hope you know is dood but still feed anyway, like trying to keep a snowflake in your hand.
7:22 AM — The Mirror
I stared at myself in the bathroom mirror for too long.
I didn’t recognize the woman staring back.
She looked like soone who had made too many bad decisions in too little ti.
She looked like soone who was waiting to get caught.
9:15 AM — Milo’s Visit
I was sipping coffee when Milo walked in.
He didn’t greet .
He didn’t smile.
He just grabbed a mug and poured.
Then he looked at with eyes that saw too much.
"You okay?" I asked.
He gave a little laugh — one of those dry, emotionless ones.
"Are you?" he shot back.
I froze.
And that was all he said.
10:47 AM — The Missing Note
I cleaned obsessively for an hour to burn off the nerves.
Then I checked my drawer.
The one where I’d hidden my note — the confession I’d written to myself.
I love him.
I’m terrified I’ll ruin everything.
It was gone.
I tore the drawer apart. I checked under the bed, in my purse, in every book I’d even glanced at.
Nowhere.
Soone found it.
11:22 AM — The Almost Confrontation
I found Aaron outside, pretending to be busy watering plants. He wasn’t even holding the hose correctly.
I walked up behind him and whispered, "Did you take it?"
He turned slowly. Guilty. "Take what?"
"My note."
"What note?"
"Don’t lie, Aaron."
He clenched his jaw. "I didn’t. But... I think soone else did."
I stared at him.
"You think it was Milo," I said.
He didn’t answer.
Which ant: yes.
12:10 PM — The Ticking Clock
We were running out of ti.
Secrets are like oxygen masks: they work until they don’t.
And right now, soone knew.
Maybe two people.
And if it was who we thought...
We were already on borrowed ti.
2:00 PM — Milo’s Question
Later that day, I was sitting alone in the backyard when Milo ca out.
He didn’t sit. Just stood beside the chair like he didn’t trust himself to get comfortable.
Then he said it:
"Do you love him?"
My whole body tensed.
He didn’t blink.
He didn’t smile.
He just stood there like a bomb technician waiting to see if I’d cut the right wire.
I said nothing.
And he nodded.
Like that was my answer.
Then he walked away.
4:42 PM — Waiting to Break
I thought about packing a bag.
About confessing everything.
About running.
But instead, I sat on the bed, hands shaking, wondering which lie would crack first:
The one I told myself?
Or the one I told everyone else?
📘 End of Chapter 21
💬 YOUR TURN!
Do you think Milo is going to keep the secret?
Will Elena finally break?
And what happened to the note?
👇 Leave your theories in the comnts — don’t hold back!
❤️ Like if your heart’s pounding after Milo’s question.
🔔 Follow to see Chapter 22... because soone is about to get exposed.
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