Chapter 147

SEBASTIAN

The world tilted.

And when it finally steadied…

She was gone.

I didn’t remember blinking.

I didn’t remember breathing.

I didn’t remember anything except the hollow, brutal echo of her words.

I can’t be with you.

By the time my brain caught up, my legs finally moved… too late. She was already halfway down the street, swallowed by lights, people, traffic… life.

A life without me.

“Dahlia!”

My voice cracked so violently strangers paused, looking at me like I was losing my mind.

Maybe I was.

I tore down the pavement after her, scanning every direction, every figure, every shadow.

Nothing.

She was gone.

Slipped through my fingers like she always did… Only this time, I knew she wasn’t coming back.

I ran.

To my car, and then to her hostel.

Straight to the building, straight up the stairs, barely thinking, barely breathing.

Izzy opened the door, towel on her head