#Chapter 47 – What We Almost Did

I stumbled into my dorm room, the weight of the night pressing so heavily on my shoulders. All I wanted to do was get into bed, pull the covers over my head and shut the entire world out. I closed the door behind me and leaned against it, trying to catch my breath. It was dark and I didn’t want to wake Monica up. My heart still raced, and my mind was a chaotic mess of emotions. How had things escalated so quickly with Liam? Everything that we had done tonight was so intense. I sank onto my bed, staring at the ceiling. I couldn’t help replaying Liam’s touch all over my body, his lips on mine, the raw passion we shared—it all just kept playing on a loop in my mind. I couldn’t believe how close we had come to crossing a line that neither of us could return from. Part of me regretted stopping, but I knew it was the right decision. Wasn’t it? …. The next morning, I dragged myself out of bed, feeling like I hadn't slept at all. I had spent the entire night restlessly tossing and tur