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CHAPTER 20

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Damien’s POV

SLAP!

The sharp sound rang through the apartment, leaving behind a silence so thick it rammed against my chest, making it hard to breathe.

I didn’t move. Theo didn’t move.

Celeste… she didn’t even flinch. She just stood there, her posture rigid, her gaze flaring with an icy finality I had never seen before.

"Get out," she said, her voice calm but razor-sharp. "Or I’ll call the police."

I blinked. I heard her, but my body refused to register the words.

She hit me. She had actually hit me.

For him.

My pulse pounded in my ears, drowning out all logic. My cheek burned, but the sting was nothing compared to the ache spreading through my chest.

"Are you serious right now?" My voice came out hoarse, raw. "You’d call the police? On me?"

"Yes," she spat out. "Try me."

A humorless chuckle escaped me, but it felt hollow.

"This is what it’s come to?" I searched her face for something—anything—but all I found was cold detachment. "You really want to cut all ties with me?"

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