Chapter: CHAPTER 236: That Was A Stupid MoveThe days after that hallway slap stretched out in a strange way I couldn’t quite name. It also became difficult to hate Miles as much as I wanted to, and that pissed me off more than anything. Though, I appreciated the fact that he kept to his word because after that night he never pushed, never hovered, never tried to insert himself into my space or my grief like some well-meaning parasite. He stayed out of my way completely, and the longer he did it, the harder it became to keep feeding the fire I’d been stoking since the second Dad brought his luggage through the door. Exams ended too. And as I walked out of that building, the first place I went was the police station, because the second the last bell rang, Camila’s face was the only thing left in my head. What happened after that… Well, I think you can guess. I yelled, demanded updates and threatened to go to the news if they kept treating her file like it was already boxed up in some dusty basement. They gave me the s
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Chapter: CHAPTER 235: What The Fuck Just Happened“You can hate me as much as you want,” he went on quietly, the words vibrating through his chest where mine was pressed against it, “but please, don’t cause Father any trouble.”I scoffed while still trying to yank my wrist free even though his grip held steady. “Father? You’re already calling him that?”“As much as you hate it,” he answered, not letting go, not stepping back, his face still inches from mine, “I’m adopted. He’s my father. What else am I supposed to call him?”The words landed like slap, harder than the one I’d given him, because hearing it out loud made it even more fucking real.“You don’t get to call him that,” I hissed. “You don’t get to walk in here with your bags and tell me not to cause trouble when you’re the one who showed up and complicated everything.”His grip on my wrist stayed firm.“I don’t need you to like me,” he said. “I really don’t. But can you at least be reasonable? He is already going through a lot. He’s trying, Tessa. He’s been trying every sing
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Chapter: CHAPTER 234: Do You Feel Better After That?“Leave me alone!” I yelled back, the words cracking in the middle as another sob ripped out of me. I curled up on my bed, knees to my chest, staring at the ceiling where the fairy lights blurred through the tears. Dad’s voice came again right outside the door. “I know it’s a lot. I should’ve talked to you first. But Miles… he doesn’t have anywhere else, Tess. And after everything with your mom, with Jake leaving, with Camila… I thought maybe this could be good for us. For all of us.”“Don’t fucking dare make it seem like you did it for me!” I screamed back, the words ripping out of my throat. “You did it for you! You didn’t think of me for a fucking second before you signed that adoption letter. Nobody gives a fuck about how I truly feel so drop the bullcrap!”I rolled onto my side, hugging my knees tighter, the exhaustion from exams crashing into the fresh wave of anger and hurt until my whole body felt heavy. Even in that position I could still hear him shift on the other side of
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Chapter: CHAPTER 233: No Fucking WayThe words hung there in the cold air. I blinked once, twice, my brain short-circuiting because no. No fucking way. “You what?” The question exploded out of me, echoing off the porch and making Miles flinch. I stepped forward, boots kicking up slush. “You adopted him? We’re barely holding this house together, Dad! Mom and Jake are gone, the divorce is still a fresh wound, I’m drowning in exams and still screaming at the cops about Camila every chance I get, and you decide now is the perfect time to bring home some random kid from your old group home? What the hell were you thinking?”Miles shifted again, looking like he wanted to bolt back to the truck, but Dad just stood there, hands raised like he could calm me down with that pathetic gesture. “Tess, listen. It wasn’t random. Miles… he’s been through hell. His situation at the home… it wasn’t working anymore. The director called me yesterday, said there was a spot opening up for permanent placement and he thought I’d be a good fit
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Chapter: CHAPTER 232: What The Fuck Is Going On?After that day, Dad kept visiting the foster care like it had become some kind of secret lifeline he couldn’t quit, and each time he walked through the front door he returned a little brighter than the last, like the house itself was slowly waking up from the long, gray coma it had been in since Mom and Jake left. It was good seeing him like that—really fucking good—especially with the way my own life had turned into a nonstop blur of exam prep and half-finished notes and the constant, gnawing pull of everything I still refused to let go. Finals were breathing down my neck like a rabid dog, every morning starting with me hunched over my desk at 5 a.m. with coffee that tasted like shit and textbooks that might as well have been written in a foreign language for all the focus I could muster. The first few visits after that homemade pasta lunch were tentative, like he was testing the waters to see if the good mood would stick or if the empty house would drag him back under. He’d come
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Chapter: CHAPTER 231: I’m GoodI hesitated for half a second before sliding over, perching on the edge because I still wasn’t sure if this was real or just some temporary high before the crash. “Not cookies,” he said, shaking his head. “Just… talking. Those kids have it rough, some of them way rougher than I did back then. But they’re tough. Resilient. Reminds me that things doesn’t stay broken forever. One of the boys asked me about my old car projects, and before I knew it I was in the garage showing him how to change oil on that junker out back. Felt good.”I nodded slowly, picking at a loose thread on the couch cushion because looking at him too long made my eyes sting in a way I hated. “Hmm. Sounds… nice, I guess. Better than staring at the wall or crying in the driveway, anyway.” The words slipped out before I could filter them, and I winced a little, but Dad just chuckled like he expected it. I couldn’t help the small grin that broke through again. “Just don’t go all nostalgic and decide to adopt a bunch
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Daddies Taste Better
⚠️Book Contains Explicit Content🔞
Gage didn’t make a habit of denying himself anything.
If he wanted something… anything, he’d claw his way to get it, consequences be damned.
But her? Thea?
She was the only goddamn exception.
Off-limits. Untouchable. A tempting little toy he had no right to shatter, yet that only made him itch to wrap his hands around her and play until she begged.
For months, he’d fought the urge, keeping his distance but fate, the-smug-bastard, threw her to him and he, being the despicable-asshole he was, couldn’t say no.
She’d walked into his life on his son’s arm, but that wasn’t an issue.
Because he’d take her anyway.
Steal her. Ruin her for anyone else. And keep her pinned beneath him for as long as it took to satisfy the hunger that’d been gnawing at him for months.
THEA
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I kept hoping my boyfriend would look at me. Just once. Just enough to feel like I still mattered.
But he never did.
So I went looking for attention elsewhere… and somehow, “elsewhere” turned out to be his father.
Gage.
The man I should’ve stayed the hell away from.
Gage wasn’t gentle, and he sure wasn’t safe, but he saw me and looked at me the way his son never did. And the moment I stepped toward him instead of away, I knew I’d crossed a line I couldn’t come back from.
It was wrong. Forbidden. A disaster begging to happen.
And yet… standing there in front of him, lonely and stupidly hopeful, I lean into the warmth he gave so easily, the attention he offered like it cost him nothing.
I should’ve walked away.
But I didn’t.
And neither did he.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 291: I Would Never Understand HimSERAPHINA °❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･Kai blinked, his fork halfway to his mouth. For a second he just stared at me, like the question had caught him completely off guard.“What?”I didn’t look away. “When we met that day in the woods. You acted like I was just some random girl who got lost. But you knew, didn’t you? Who I was.”He slowly set his fork down but didn’t answer right away. Instead, he leaned back in his chair, rubbing a hand over his jaw like he was trying to figure out how much to say.I waited, then finally, he exhaled and met my eyes.“I didn’t know everything,” he said quietly. “But yeah… I knew who you were. Or at least, I had a pretty good idea. The Ashford name isn’t exactly low-profile around here. And after…” He trailed off, shaking his head as if there was no point in saying that. “When I saw you that day, I recognized you. Not right away, but enough to know you weren’t just some random girl.”“Figured,” I muttered, the word coming out flatter than I intended.Kai winced a litt
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Chapter: CHAPTER 290: Spoiled. Loved. Completely HisIt didn’t take long before my orgasm came crashing over me in ways that made my whole body shake. I cried out into the pillow, my walls clenching tight around him as pleasure ripped through me, leaving me breathless and trembling.Gage groaned, his pace faltering and thrust in hard one last time, burying himself to the hilt as he came with a broken curse. I felt the hot pulse of him flooding inside me, his grip on my hair tightening as he rode out his release.For a moment, the only sound in the room was our ragged breathing.Then he pulled out slowly, and I felt the warm, sticky mess begin to drip down my thighs. Before I could even catch my breath, his hand was back in my hair — gentler this time — as he guided me to turn over.His voice was low, rough, and unmistakably commanding when he spoke.“Clean the mess, Love.”My eyes met his. Even through the haze of pleasure, I understood exactly what he wanted. My cheeks flushed hot, but I didn’t hesitate. I shifted down the bed, settl
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Chapter: CHAPTER 289: I’d Missed HimI guided Micah into his room, the nightlight casting soft blue stars across the ceiling. He climbed into bed without much protest, already half-asleep, and I carefully placed the little container with Mr. Wiggles on his nightstand, right next to his dinosaur lamp. “There,” I whispered, tucking the blanket up around his small shoulders. “Mr. Wiggles is all settled. Now it’s time for you to sleep too, okay?” Micah blinked up at me, his little hand reaching out to grab mine. “Mommy… when is Seraphina coming home?” My heart squeezed at the question. I brushed his dark hair back from his forehead and leaned down to kiss his temple. “Soon, baby. She’s just at school right now, learning lots of new things. But we’re going to video call her tomorrow, I promise. You can show her Mr. Wiggles and tell her all about your day. She’ll be so happy to see you.” He yawned again, already sinking deeper into his pillow. “Okay… tell her I miss her.” “I will,” I said softly, my throat a little tig
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Chapter: CHAPTER 288: Wouldn’t Dream Of ItTHEA ASHFORD°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･I stood at the vanity in our bedroom, rubbing the last of my nighttime serum into my skin, wearing nothing but one of Gage’s old shirts, the hem brushing the tops of my thighs, when the bathroom door opened behind me.He stepped out, towel slung low on his hips, the deep V of his abdomen on full display as the water still clung to his broad chest, tracing paths down the defined lines of muscle. He rubbed another towel over his salt-and-pepper hair, the muscles in his arms flexing with the motion.I couldn’t help it. My hands stilled on my face, and a slow, helpless smile curved my lips as I watched him in the mirror. God, he was still the most beautiful man I’d ever seen. Ten years of marriage, two kids, and the mess of life hadn’t dulled that pull one bit. If anything, it’s as if it had only grown even stronger.He caught my reflection staring and raised a brow, a slow, knowing smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth.“What?” I said defensively, still smil
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Chapter: CHAPTER 287: I Don’t Know“Saraphina—”Kai called but before he could finish whatever he wanted to say, we reached the small cafe he’d been leading us to. He opened the door for me, the little bell above it chiming softly.And the first person I saw inside was Riley.She was sitting at a corner table with her friends, laughing about something, but the second she spotted me, her smile widened and she raised her hand in a little wave.My stomach twisted.Kai’s warning was still ringing in my ears. If It’s The Same Riley… It’d Probably Be Best To Give Her Some Distance. I didn’t know what to do.It took only a moment for her smile to falter slightly when she noticed the look on my face, but she didn’t look away. If anything, she tilted her head a little, like she was trying to figure out what was wrong.At that moment, Kai’s hand brushed lightly against my back, it was barely a touch, and was just enough to guide me inside.“You okay?” he murmured under his breath.I swallowed hard and leaned closer to Kai, my v
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Chapter: CHAPTER 286: What?!We walked in comfortable silence for a minute before I spoke. “So… I met someone today,” I said, glancing at him sideways. “I, uh… spilled coffee all over her this morning.” He raised an eyebrow, clearly amused. “Already making friends the fun way, huh?” I rolled my eyes but couldn’t stop the small smile tugging at my lips. “She was actually really cool about it. Walked me to class and everything. Even took my number before she left.” I paused, then added, “Her friends were kind of intense, though. One of them called me a stray.” That made Kai slow his steps a little, glancing over at me with a curious frown. “Why’d she call you a stray?” I shrugged, kicking a small pebble off the path. “I don’t know. I guess I just have that ‘new girl who doesn’t belong here’ vibe. Or maybe I looked lost.” He nodded slowly, like he was turning it over in his head. Then, after a beat, he asked, “What was the girl’s name? The one you spilled coffee on?” “Riley,” I said. Kai stopped walking. He
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Chapter: Author NoteI’m truly sorry for not updating the book as promised (╥﹏╥)I know how disappointing it can be to wait for new content, especially when you’ve been so patient and supportive. Life got overwhelming in ways I didn’t anticipate, and I take full responsibility for the delay. I feel genuinely bad about letting you down and appreciate your understanding more than I can say.The update begins from Chapter 44 and will continue onward with the new material I’ve been working on. I’ll do my best to make it worth the wait. Thank you again for sticking with me.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 43: More Like A CurseSILAS °❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ There are a lot of things I expected to run into in the afterlife. Floating grandpas. Judgmental angels. Maybe even that dog I kicked when I was ten. But what I didn’t expect? A former subordinate. It was right after being separated from Leah by the game master, because the game was supposed to be fair. I hated being separated from her. But what’s new? I’ve been hating a lot of things lately. The others shuffled around me after the push Off the line game, limping, panting, crying, bleeding… you know, the usual afterparty. Then a guard approached from the edge with his black uniform, heavy boots, and mask covering half his face. Standard issue game-lackey. But the way he walked… it was like someone who knew me. He stopped right beside me, and before I could ask who the hell he thought he was, he spoke quietly, his voice low and familiar in the way a stranger shouldn’t be. “Silas.” My brows shot up. “That’s bold of you,” I said. “Using my name like we’re
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Chapter: CHAPTER 42: Me?She suddenly twisted and grabbed my wrist. “Shit,” I cursed under my breath. Not giving me a moment to think, she yanked me and I flew forward, slamming onto my knees, the stone floor tearing my skin open. I gasped. She held my wrist like a vice. If she dragged me one more inch— No. No. NO. I dug my nails into her hand, kicked backward, anything, everything. She didn’t even flinch. “I’m ending this,” she snarled and hauled me up. I saw the chalk line right there next to my foot. One shove. One breath. One heartbeat. I curled my knee, pulled my leg back, and kicked—hard—into the side of her knee. Something popped and she shouted, her grip loosening as pain shot up her leg. I used the opportunity to wrenched free, stumbled upright, and shoved her back with both hands. She stumbled and slid… One foot landing outside the circle. The alarms screamed. It was… over. I just stood there staring, chest rising and falling so fast I thought I’d pass out on the s
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Chapter: CHAPTER 41: ShitWhen the screen finally flashed my number, I thought I would panic. I thought my stomach would drop, or my legs would freeze, or that I would choke on my own breath the way I did every time a teacher called my name in school. Or when I was called to HR back when I was still alive.But none of that happened.Instead… I felt nothing.Like someone had reached inside my chest and pulled the cord connecting me to reality. Every emotion—fear, dread, disgust, the instinct to run—just fell quiet inside me.I was hollow.Maybe that was acceptance. Maybe I had already died before stepping into the circle.Numbers echoed across the room in the Game Master’s booming voice, and the spotlight rotated until it landed on me and the person and 0269. Fate really had a sick sense of humor.Someone nudged me gently from behind and only then did I realize I hadn’t moved. My feet were glued to the floor. I forced one step forward, then another. I wasn’t walking into a circle—I was walking into my own fune
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Chapter: CHAPTER 40: God, I Was Such An IdiotThey marched us into another hall that was bigger than the last, echoing with that hollow emptiness that made me feel like my bones were hollow too. The floor was smooth stone and polished, almost reflective. In the very center of the hall was a huge white circle, drawn thick like the kind of chalk line cops draw around bodies at crime scenes.Olympic death games, perhaps.The Game Master walked ahead, tapping the cane he carried against the ground, almost bouncing with excitement.Some people were already whispering, trying to guess the challenge.He turned toward us, eyes shining with playfulness.“Welcome!” he announced. “To the next round. The rules are simple.”He tapped his cane once in the middle of the circle.“One on one. Each team enter… only one stays in the ring. Push your opponent out, and you win. If you leave the circle, you lose.”He spun, clapping his hands together once.“Last teammate standing survives. The losing member…”He let the sentence trail into silence, li
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Chapter: CHAPTERS 39: 00:04:02°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･I attempted another sip of soup and tried not to think about what flavor it was supposed to be. Artificial “nutrient”? When the light blinked. It happened so fast I barely registered the drop in temperature before the inevitable voice boomed through the speakers: “Beloved players! How lovely to see everyone eating so well!” Forks froze mid-air and someone at the next table flinched hard enough to drop their spoon. But there was no point complaining. I swallowed the last mouthful out of pure instinct. Might as well. No telling when we’d get another meal. The worst part was how automatic it felt. Like I was already being conditioned. 0269 stretched, wiped her hands on her pants, and grabbed her tray with one hand. “Come on,” she said. “Better move.” She didn’t have to tell me twice. I stood, falling into the slow shuffle of bodies heading toward the exit. The air felt tight, but then again, everything here did. We filed in, taking spots among the crowd. Everyone wai
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My Prodigal Ex-Husband Wants Me Back
⚠️BOOK CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT🔞
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“If I were to have one more fucking chance, I’d pull you into my arms and kiss you like you’re the only light left in my wrecked soul, and love you so deeply that every shitty shadow of regret melts into forever burning in your eyes—God damn it, Lila, please let me have you again. I’d sell my soul to the devil and lay every fucking accomplishment at your feet… just don’t give that soft, sweet smile you once gave me to that worthless piece of shit.”
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Lila Danforth was never supposed to be the bride.
When her identical twin sister, Clara, abandoned billionaire Elias Voss at the altar, Lila stepped in quietly, desperately, and hopelessly in love with the man her sister had thrown away. For three years she was the perfect wife, giving him everything while asking for almost nothing.
Until their third anniversary.
That day, Lila walked in on Elias in their bed… with Clara.
Hurt by her husband’s cold indifference, her twin’s cruel betrayal, and her family’s icy dismissal, Lila finally does the one thing she never dared before.
She walks away.
But how could that single choice completely ruin her life even more? Did her leaving feel like such a threat to them?
This left only one question burning brighter than the rest. Tell me, dear readers… After everything he and everyone around her had put her through, could Lila ever forgive them? Or would she grind them to dust?
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Chapter: CHAPTER 36: Be Careful“No… no, no, no!” My voice cracked and broke as I rushed forward, still holding my dog, and slammed my shoulder against the iron bars. Pain burned through my already battered ribs, but I didn’t care. I shook the bars with everything I had left, rattling them uselessly. “Clara! Come back! He’s dying! Peanuts is dying, please!”My body trembled violently as the words tore out of me, with tears streaming down my face, and mixing with the blood on my skin.“I’ll do anything!” I screamed, voice echoing off the damp stone walls. “Please! I’ll stay. I’ll be your fucking maid. I’ll never leave. I’ll keep my mouth shut about everything I heard — just don’t let him die down here! Clara! Please!”Peanuts let out another weak, pained whimper in my arms, his body shaking against mine as the bite on his leg continued to bleed steadily, dark red soaking into my clothes. I dropped to my knees right there at the bars, rocking him gently, pressing my forehead to his head as sobs ripped through me.“I’
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Chapter: CHAPTER 35: Clara!TRIGGER WARNING!Animal Cruelty ❁✿❀But If Clara had done something to him, if she’d hurt him just to punish me… I didn’t know what the hell I would do, but it wouldn’t be pretty.She led me through the back hallways of the mansion, past the kitchen and the utility rooms, until we reached a plain-looking storage door I’d walked by a thousand times as a kid. She glanced over her shoulder with a smug little smirk, then pressed something on the side panel. A soft click echoed, and the entire wall section swung inward, revealing a narrow staircase going down.A secret passage.I’d lived in this goddamn house my entire life and I never knew this existed. But at the same time, why would they ever show the spare twin the parts of the house where they did their real business?Clara started descending without a word. I hesitated for half a second, then followed her down the cold stone steps, the air growing damper and heavier with every level we dropped. The lights were sparse, just bare b
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Chapter: CHAPTER 34: I’d Already Lost EverythingI had two choices.Open the door and lie through my teeth.Or stay silent and let her decide what that silence meant.Neither option felt right.Clara’s voice came again, softer this time, almost gentle.“Lila… if you don’t open this door, I’ll make sure you regret it.”The words slid under the door like smoke while I stayed frozen on the floor, arms still locked around Peanuts, my heart hammering so hard it made the bruises on my ribs throb. For a second, I almost moved. My hand even twitched toward the doorknob. Because, maybe it was best I opened it. Maybe I should just lie, play dumb, beg if I had to. She was still my twin, after all. But just because our parents had chosen her didn’t mean she got to treat me like this. Yes!Besides… what more could I lose? I’d already lost everything.She already stole everything!The second that thought crossed my mind, I suddenly felt insulted by her threat.Not scared — though I was terrified — but insulted. Like even after everything th
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Chapter: CHAPTER 33: In. Out. In. OutI laughed until my ribs and my throat got exhausted and finally burned itself out. When it was over, I eventually pushed myself up and grabbed the mop to finish cleaning the mess, pushing the filthy water into the bucket with slow, mechanical strokes. Every movement pulled at my bruises and each breath reminded me how fucked up everything and my body had become. But I cleaned it anyway. When the floor was clear, I dumped the bucket, rinsed the mop, and stood there for a long moment with my hands braced on the counter, staring at nothing. Then I clipped Peanuts’ leash on and slipped out the side door into the backyard. The late afternoon sun felt warm on my face as I walked slowly across the grass, Peanuts trotting beside me, but then I heard it. My father’s voice, coming from the open window of his study just around the corner. He was on the phone and I hadn’t meant to listen, but the words carried clearly in the quiet. “Marcus Hale is ruining everything,” he hissed with fr
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Chapter: CHAPTER 32: Actually Fucking FunnyLILA DANFORTH°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･The couple of days blurred into one long, painful grind.I woke up before the sun, dragged myself out of the guest bed with Peanuts glued to my side, and started the endless list of chores that had become my new life. And those chores of course included cooking from nothing but raw ingredients, chopping onions until my eyes burned and my back screamed, boiling rice, scrambling eggs, trying to make it all taste like something worth eating. Then the cleaning.God! That was the worst of it.Dusting every surface, scrubbing toilets, vacuuming rugs that never seemed to stay clean, and mopping. Always fucking mopping. My knees throbbed from kneeling on the hard floors, my ribs pulled with every stretch, and the old bruises from the alley still hurt when I lifted the heavy bucket of water. But I did it. I mean, what choice did I have?My parents also only spoke to me when they wanted something — “The floors need doing again” or “Dinner at seven” — and otherwise
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Chapter: CHAPTER 31: Lila, Though?It should’ve felt like victory. And it did, mostly. But something about seeing her completely shattered in front of me had left a strange, restless energy I couldn’t shut off buzzing under my skin. “Hey… are you still awake?”Elias’s voice was low and rough with sleep and I felt the bed shift as he turned toward me.I blinked, pulling my mind back to the present, and rolled over to face him. The soft light from the hallway light cut across his face, making him look gentle.“Yeah,” I murmured. “Couldn’t sleep.”“Nightmare again?”I hesitated for half a second, then lied smoothly. “Yeah. Same one.”He didn’t question it and just lifted the covers and opened his arms without hesitation.“Come here,” he said quietly. “I’ll hold you until you fall asleep.”Guess it’s about time I stopped spiraling about Lila.I slid across the sheets and let him pull me against his chest. His arms wrapped around me, one hand stroking slow circles between my shoulder blades as I closed my eyes and pressed
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