ALWAYS BEEN YOU

After five years of silence, he confronts her with nothing but a question. Standing close enough to feel the heat radiating between them, she refuses to retreat—not because she doesn't want to, but because showing weakness isn't an option.

His smile catches her off guard. There's something dangerous in that expression, something that hints at unspoken words beneath his casual demeanor. When he speaks her name—*Kitty*—the way only he knows how to say it, her carefully constructed walls begin to crack.

The accusation comes next: she abandoned him. She left with someone else despite the intensity of what burned between them, despite the way her breath caught whenever he drew near. He'd begged her to stay, but she chose a different path, a different man.

Now she's back, and he refuses to let her pretend nothing happened. He reminds her of what she tried to deny—that electric pull that made her feel alive, that magnetic attraction that transcended logic. He was impossible to resist then, and his proximity proves he still is.

She fires back with defiance, masking the tremor in her voice with anger. But they both know the truth: what they shared was powerful enough to span five years and distance. The question hanging between them isn't why she left—it's whether she ever really stopped wanting him.