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Chapter 55. Trust Me To Fix Things

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“No. Don’t say that…”

The words barely left my mouth as I slammed the laptop shut. I turned around sharply to face her.

Vanessa had already backed up a few steps, her arms hugging her stomach like she was trying to hold herself together. Her lips trembled, her eyes glassy with unshed tears, like she was suffocating.

“I’m ruined,” she whispered. Then again, louder. “I’m… I’m ruined.”

“Vanessa, hey—” I stood up, my hands instinctively reaching out to her, but she flinched, and it was enough for me to drop them back to my sides. “You’re not ruined. Listen to me. I can fix this. I will fix this. Whatever Derek has, I’ll destroy all of it. I just need some time.”

But she wasn’t listening. Not really. Her eyes weren’t focused on me anymore. It was like she was seeing something else. Like she was seeing a version of herself that she couldn’t look at.

She kept muttering the same thing under her breath like a broken mantra, her voice getting thinner with every repetition. “I’m ruined. I’m ruin
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