When I got the glimpse of him standing at my door, I was no longer that courageous lady who had ousted her ex-boyfriend from her apartment a while ago. Neither was I that lady who had thought that whatever comes up she will handle it alone. 
I found myself losing from who I was with his sight. My muscles which were as hard as rock suddenly start to melt down making me feel vulnerable. Chills ran down my spine and I gulped hard just to get rid of my dry throat.
He was staring at me with that warm smile on his face, but my eyelids were already filled with tears and it silently ran down without making a noise. The heart which was aching due to the betrayal of my ex-boyfriend was gradually coming to ease with his soothing smile.
He extended his arms and said, “See I told you I am not kidding.”
I was no longer able to hold it. So I ran into his arms and wrapping my hand around his neck hugged him as tightly as I could. The tears which were holding back burst out at once and I wept as loud as I could in his embrace.


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"Your voice...? What happened? Are you alright?" suddenly he asked in a tone mixed with concern.


Holding back my tears, I cleared my throat saying, "Yeah what happened to my voice? Ahem!" I kept on clearing my throat.


"First, stop clearing your throat. Second, I know you fake clearing your throat trying to hide something from me. Third, I know the pitch of your voice. It happens when you cry. So stop faking it and tell me what happened."


Hearing him, tears gushed down my eyelids even after I was trying my best to hold them back. Wiping it away, I tried to speak out but the pain in my throat was not letting me say anything.


"Quynh, what is it? Speak up, you are scaring me.” I found his tone filled with fear.


"I... I messed it up, Noah, I messed everything..." I stammered and burst into a loud cry.


"Wait a second!" he said and suddenly it was followed by silence.


Not getting out what he was up to, I tried to control myself and called out, "Noah, hello! Are you there?”


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