Nora spends ten years caring for Silas, her childhood friend with an emotional disorder who can’t express love but whose thoughts she alone can hear.
She endures his cold words, knowing his heart says otherwise—until he humiliates her at their engagement.
Finally done, she leaves for Edinburgh and builds a new life.
There she meets Theo, whose open, honest affection shows her what healthy love feels like.
Silas eventually changes, but too late.
A story about how unspoken love cannot erase the harm caused by cruel words.
I Heard His Thoughts Never His Love Chapter 05 “Impossible.” He denied it almost instantly. He turned sharply toward my cousin, his expression terrifyingly cold. “She couldn’t have gone to the airport. This is my engagement party. There’s no way she wouldn’t come.” I had always cared about him too much. Before, if he spoke
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I Heard His Thoughts Never His Love Chapter 04 Silas stared at me. My indifference finally seemed to infuriate him. Out of spite, he bit down on the other end of the fry. The cheering exploded. The fry grew shorter inch by inch. Their faces moved closer. His thoughts were deafening. Nora, stop me! I
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I Heard His Thoughts Never His Love Chapter 03 I turned and walked away. Behind me, his thoughts practically tore themselves apart. Don’t go. I don’t want the stuff back. Come back. Nora, please. Just comfort me one more time. I didn’t turn around. For the first time in ten years, I knew he was
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I Heard His Thoughts Never His Love Chapter 02 Something inside me finally shattered. Ten years together, reduced to settling accounts. I swallowed the ache in my throat and turned toward my parents. “Mom, Dad, please go home and bring everything Silas ever gave me.” Silas’s face changed instantly. No. I didn’t mean it. I
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I Heard His Thoughts Never His Love Chapter 01 My childhood friend, Silas Grey, had struggled with an emotional disorder since he was young. He hated physical contact and was terrible at expressing himself. He was polite to everyone. Everyone except me. Whenever I handed him a glass of water, he immediately backed away with
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