Chapter 70- There was no else but you

Her eyes widened, shimmering with fresh tears. "No one?" she asked softly, her voice trembling with disbelief.

Zack shook his head, his gaze unwavering. "You were it for me," he said simply, his voice carrying the weight of a thousand unspoken words. "After you... there was no one else. I couldn't. I didn't want to."

A tear slipped down her cheek, and Nia's lips trembled as she replied, "There's been no one for me either, Zack. After that night... I couldn't." She looked away briefly, her voice faltering. "It was always you."

Zack's heart clenched painfully at her admission. He knew that night, he was her first. Knowing there was noone else after him all this year, it triggered something primal in him. He leaned in, pressing a series of soft kisses to her cheeks, her eyelids, her lips—each one a silent apology for the years they'd lost.