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CHAPTER 39

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CHAPTER 39

PAIN — THE LAST THING I WANTED.

After everything, I just needed reassurance that I wouldn't lose him yet again. I tried to build walls, to not fall as hard as I did before, but the truth was I had already fallen, and I didn't stand up after that.

I was in love with this man. The last thing I wanted was another regret.

Julian rested his forehead against mine, a shaky exhale escaping him. “You won't, Raven. I promise."

We sat there by the river, the world around us fading into the background. In that moment, amidst the uncertainty of the future, a fragile thread of connection was rewoven, one that we both hoped would withstand the tests to come.

When we went back to bed that night, I snuggled closer into Julian's arms. My mind replayed everything that had happened in the past few months, and I couldn't help but smile.

From giving my self to him out of pain and the sheer need for revenge at a random bar that night, to him finding out who I was and me trying to avoid and bury
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