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Chapter 400

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Madison

The familiar routine helped. Steam milk. Pull shots. Wipe counters. Smile at customers. Repeat. Mechanical movements that required no thought, left no room for wondering what Alexander was doing or thinking or planning.

Half an hour passed. Then an hour. The café emptied as people headed home for dinner, leaving only a few regulars nursing their drinks and working on laptops.

The bell above the door chimed.

I looked up automatically, my customer service smile already in place.

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Timerey
I wish these 2 could be honest with each other. Dragging Christopher into this .. is terrible. Talk to each other, share parenting ( let Ethan grow up happy)… or admit you love each other and get on with life. Like the Beatles sang “ we can work it out “
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bessx
This could get very ugly Madison is complicating things, and this is not really fair to Christopher. I hope she changes her mind and not a fan of lying. I hate reading the last 2 chapters and have to wait another week before I can get some more of the story so I got decisions to make LOL.
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