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Author: Diti Koshy
last update publish date: 2026-04-30 01:31:56

[Elara]

When Damon pulls into the driveway of the old Blackwood villa, the knot in my stomach pulls tighter, sharper—like it’s bracing for something I can’t quite name.

I’ll admit, though… coming back here doesn’t feel as suffocating as it once did. Not like when I was still married to Damon. Back then, every second inside these walls felt like walking a tightrope I was never meant to survive.

Those were different times.

Times when every word I spoke, every step I took—even the way I breathed—w
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