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Chapter 65: The Engagement Ring Came Off and Landed on the Table

Author: Madison Scott
last update publish date: 2026-09-29 02:14:50

Diana felt Alexander's arm slide away, slowly, until it wasn't around her anymore.

The shift of the mattress told her he'd rolled onto his back.

She turned to look at him, and he covered his eyes with his hand.

“Aren't you going to say anything?” he murmured.

She would have preferred him to start ranting rather than this silence, the kind that promised nothing good.

All the calm she'd felt while telling him had drained away, because the man wasn't saying a single word.

“Can you—define what you
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