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Chapter 52: Downward Spiraling

Author: Ivy Walters
last update publish date: 2025-12-04 07:46:11
Steven POV.

I didn’t realize how quiet a house could be until Fabian walked out of mine.

For a full minute after the door shut, I stood exactly where he left me.

My breath was stuck in my chest, my heart beating painfully against my ribs, my ears ringing like I’d been hit.

It didn’t feel real. It felt like a nightmare I hadn’t woken from yet.

My brain kept replaying his voice: “I can’t be with someone who is ashamed of me.”

The words lodged under my skin like glass splinters.

And then…
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Ivy Walters
Thank you, Maika Maese for loving and following up my story .........
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Maika Maese
really Steven... you are screwing up worse
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