All that we Buried

The cruelest part of time is that it never waits for anyone. It shatters, it wounds us and then heals us. It did the same for me, but did it really? Just as I thought I had evolved, distinguished, improved, I was pulled back to where it all began. Johnathan Liang hadn’t changed at all either. Same sharp gaze, same unreadable expression. Same man who once shattered me without a second thought. I met his eyes, and for a moment, I wondered if he saw it—the wreckage he left behind, the girl who once begged for his love had now changed. So, I smiled. Easy, effortless, like I had never bled for him. I watched his jaw tighten, his fingers curl ever so slightly. He sensed it, didn’t he? The forgiveness that wasn’t real. Because I had moved on. I had won. So, why did seeing him still feel like losing? And why was my life putting me through the same again? To love him all over again was impossible! I would never do that, at-least not until he was on his knees for me. *** She was a nightmare, like the ones in childhood. The ones that seem to have gone away, until they appear all over again one night. A secret of past and the present only you know. I for a second thought she’d changed when I laid eyes on her—because for the first time, I wasn’t sure if I hated her or wanted to know what had made her so untouchable. Elena Zhao was putting a great mask, as if she did not care about my presence. In-fact she was calm and poised--too calm and too poised that it irritated me. And I would have been a fool to neglect the resent that lingered beneath her stare despite her small smile. I had not chosen her in the past, I would not want to. But the circles life had put me in, it no longer mattered who I had to spend the rest of it with. Elena wasn't an exception right? There was no reason for her or anyone else to get under my skin. But damn it, she bugged me, like an itch creeping my skin which I couldn't seem to reach. (SPICY, DARK, ROMANTIC, INTENSE, TENSION GUARANTEED, CHEMISTRY, POWERCOUPLE) ************ [NO CLICHES & NO LONG BORING CHAPTERS GUARANTEED] I started in 2020 so, makes sense if the story isn't as thrilling. I have tried not to take away the original Idea. Good luck and have a great read. Your author- Prabhleen/Theunknownsoul