Everyone has scars, pasts, and painful realities that they are fighting for deep down within themselves. But sometimes pain is never enough and there come moments when you just can't stand the universe. 

After six years of constant failure, consistent trying, and disappointment, Claire was hopeless when it came to finding Markus. Devoted her youth in just one task yet became one of the successful personality of the business world. Always void of emotions and only one person she ever had as a family, she never lived her life. But things started to get excited when Ryan came barging into her life with only being 20 minutes late. It's the story of two completely different souls, hunting through the stages of love, bickering, and painful pasts, only to crave for each other. 

A story that held two souls too close to each other yet so far from each other. But will Claire ever be able to love someone after Scarlett and Markus? Can she ever face Ryan with her truth? What that truth even was? But the real question was that how much could Ryan actually take? And what if someone endangers their lives when love becomes inevitable?

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Too Close to Be Yours

It was after when the doctor had checked up on me, confirming that everything is fine, funnily for someone unconscious for a whole night with just a shoulder shot, but I still had to stay one more night under their observation for any kind of misfortune when he came. 


I remember when the door burst opened and came in a very frantic looking Ryan. I could feel warmth and comfort spreading through me just at the sight of him. It was just a day that I was unconscious and couldn't see him but it felt like a lifetime. Dad left the room when Ryan walked in and I wanted to laugh, like who let their daughters talk to guys alone when they are present? 


Ryan took slow steps towards me and sat on the stool. His hands clasped together on my bed as he breathed shakily and looked up at me. I could see the tears prickling his eyes and that hurt me, -- it was sucking the life out of me. 


Chapter 29