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Chapter 37: Can’t Save Me

Penulis: Jennifer Okoye
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-01-18 19:45:07

The truth tore out of him before instinct could cushion it. “Once. Before you.”

It was like watching a light switch flip.

Not anger.

Not drama.

Just… off.

A brittle sound slipped from her throat. Half laugh. Half fracture.

“So I wasn’t first,” Jade said quietly. “…I really stood there believing I was special.”

“I believed I was special!”

“That’s not true—” He reached for her without thinking. Fingers hovering in the air between them, shaking. He stopped himself like touching h
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