It was just a simple elevator ride.
Until it got stuck between floors.
Of course.
Teni started panicking. "I hate closed spaces! I need air! I need a fan! I need—"
Dami grabbed her hand.
"Breathe with me."
So she did.
In the quiet hum of the trapped elevator, he said softly, "Teni… I love you."
She froze. "You what?"
"I love you. Fully. Madly. All of it."
"You mean… love-love? Or the fake kind we use in front of the press?"
"The real kind. The terrifying kind. The kind I didn't think I was capable of."
She stared at him.
And whispered back, "Then I guess you're not the only one."
Just then, the elevator jolted and the doors opened.
But neither of them moved.
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