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Author: Lilah Morgan
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Something fishy

CHAPTER FIFTY THREE

Devon’s POV

My girl was not okay, and I can tell that she was hiding something. I felt it, and I knew it.

One moment she was okay, happy if I might say, and all of a sudden, her mood shifted.

She smiled, she laughed, she kissed me like nothing had changed—but it had. Something dark had sunk its teeth into her, and no matter how much she tried to cover it up, I could feel it.

he flinched when her phone vibrated. She scanned the street twice before crossing. And when I reached out to tuck her hair behind her ear today, she jumped. Not a lot. Just enough to make my gut twist.

I happened to notice that she had developed the habit of looking over her shoulder, like she was looking for someone. She looked like she was afraid.

She was scared. But not of me. Of something else.

And whatever it was, she had yet to tell me. I wouldn't push her. Not yet.

At first, I tried to let it go. Maybe she was just stressed, overwhelmed with everything that had been h
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