She pressed her palm to the cool glass and closed her eyes. In the darkness of her own mind, she heard Beyoncé’s voice—not singing, but echoing the confession Nina had never dared to speak aloud:
Then came the texts.
Tonight, he’d shown up at her apartment unannounced. She’d seen him from her window—standing in the rain, not moving, just staring up at her light. She didn’t go down. Instead, she watched until the rain soaked through his shirt, until his silhouette looked less like a man and more like a ghost of the one she’d fallen for. beyonce lyrics dangerously in love
Instead, she stepped forward.
She laughed it off then. She wasn't laughing now. She pressed her palm to the cool glass and closed her eyes
"I always do," she whispered. And that’s what scares me most.
I can’t breathe without you.
She loved him like a wildfire loves a forest. Consuming. Total. Dangerous.