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Chapter 40

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last update publish date: 2026-02-17 20:58:31

NYLA

I didn’t cry when I got home. I thought I would crumble the second the elevator doors opened to my floor. I thought I would sink to the marble tiles and sob until my chest tore itself open. But instead, I walked out calmly. The penthouse was quiet.

I shut the door behind me and leaned against it for a moment, staring at the living room that had once dazzled me. The floor to ceiling windows, the chandelier that glowed gold at night, the expensive furniture I had been too afraid to sit on wh
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