My Paralyzed Groom 2- When Breathing Sounds Like You

FINALLY, she reached the place where his smile was blooming on the screen

Dexter Hawthorne

The moment she caught sight of his shadow on the screen from afar---Heard the light in his voice — the smile behind it...

Elowen : FL

(Her breath caught. Her steps locked in place..

As if the earth beneath her feet stopped turning.

Elowen : FL

(lowered her gaze, listening to his soul

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🎙️ Dexter Hawthorne —

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🎙A man who once ruled the stadiums… and now somehow rules hearts off the field

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🎙It’s an honor having you today.

Dexter Hawthorne

(slight smirk): Appreciate it. Thanks for having me.

Elowen : FL

(Let her head fall gently to the side...

Elowen : FL

(closed her eyes

Elowen : FL

(Lifting her face as if searching for air...

She needed his existence to flood every hollow part of her, just to feel whole again

Elowen : FL

🗯Please… talk more

Elowen : FL

🗯Let me breathe again.

Elowen : FL

🗯Let me feel alive.

Elowen : FL

🗯Only your voice can keep this heart beating...My lifeline.”

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🎙️(flipping the page lightly): Let’s start with the obvious.

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🎙You’ve rebuilt a career where most give up.

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🎙Racing. Speaking. Coaching.

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🎙But still — you keep your personal life locked tighter than a championship trophy vault.

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🎙Why?...(looking to him with a sly smile

Dexter Hawthorne

(chuckles, but voice firm):

Dexter Hawthorne

Because the minute you let people in, they think they own a piece of it.

Dexter Hawthorne

And some things… aren't meant to be shared.

Her heart beat harder. She almost wished it would stop beating altogether.

Elowen : FL

🗯 “Don’t say it... Please don’t say it... (whispered silently

Elowen : FL

🗯Because if you truly belonged to someone else...

Elowen : FL

🗯Even my dream would have nowhere left to live.

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🎙️(grinning slightly, but direct): Fair enough.

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🎙But forgive me — we do have to ask.

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🎙Our team caught a very interesting moment last week —you walking out of a jewelry store downtown

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🎙With a ring box.

Elowen : FL

*her heart skipped beat --- then forgot how to start again

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🎙Should fans expect a wedding bell headline any time soon?

Elowen : FL

(waiting for his answer the way lungs wait for breath

Dexter Hawthorne

(pauses, lowers his gaze briefly...

Dexter Hawthorne

(A soft smile tugging at his lips as if a memory touched him right then): Maybe.

Elowen : FL

(The word shattered her.

It was just one word-"Maybe”—but it shattered her like a promise not meant for her.

Elowen : FL

(Her breath caught in her throat

The hope she had nursed like a secret flame flickered, dimmed... and quietly died

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🎙️(tilting her head, intrigued): That smile says more than ‘maybe’, Dexter.

Dexter Hawthorne

(voice softer now, still grounded):

Dexter Hawthorne

Some things are worth keeping close until they’re ready to shine

Dexter Hawthorne

That’s all I’ll say

Elowen : FL

(tears began to fall quietly

She didn’t sob. She didn’t blink them back. They just fell — one after another — like her heart had been opened with a quiet knife

Elowen : FL

"This is what I wanted,"

Elowen : FL

(reminded herself. “His happiness.”

Elowen : FL

"Then why .....why did it hurt like dying?"

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🎙That sounds like a man who’s not just in love —but finally at peace with it.

Dexter Hawthorne

Maybe I am.

Elowen : FL

(💔smiled bitterly. Nodded to no one.And whispered

Elowen : FL

“Then I’m happy for you…

Elowen : FL

Even if I'm the one who has to walk away... without ever being seen.

Elowen : FL

(walked out of the place as if even air there was choking her.