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Chapter 77

Celeste POV

"You can't‚ Darius."

His fingers twitched around mine but he didn't let go. He was looking at me with those wrecked eyes as if holding my hand was the only thing keeping him from falling apart completely.

"You can't earn it back‚" I said. I pulled my hand from his because I needed him to hear this without the comfort of touching me. "Trust isn't even the right word for what you broke. I don't even know if forgiveness exists for what you did to me." A hollow laugh escaped
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