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Chapter 177

Author: Diti Koshy
last update publish date: 2026-04-08 04:11:39

I look down at his hand and try to summon the love that I used to feel for him.

I get nothing back. Nothing at all.

Not even a flicker.

I pull my hand away and move it back to my lap. I try not to lose the smile, however—that soft and easy smile that I know I can pull off, having done it so many times in the past, especially for Damon, for his family, and for the rare guests that he sometimes introduced me to.

“Well, I guess you really have changed,” I say, if only to let him know that I see—an
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