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Chapter 39 — Was I Being Selfish?

Author: GIFT TEEY
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-30 08:41:13

KATHERINE'S POV

Sleep didn’t come. My eyelids were heavy, and my legs were exhausted, yet still, sleep refused to take me.

No matter how many times I toss and turn, no matter how tightly I squeeze my eyes shut, my mind refuses to quiet.

It was loud, really loud but that wasn't the only issue. If it were just loud with other random thoughts then I would have been able to endure the tossing and turning.

But it was not.

Alexander’s face keeps flashing behind my eyelids, the way his jaw tightened when he saw Charles, the dark flicker in his eyes, like a storm rolling in. And then there’s Charles, his easy smile, the warmth of his hand on my back.

Two men. Two completely different but somewhat similar worlds, both linked to me in their different ways.

And yet, my stupid heart won’t stop racing for the wrong one.

The one who shattered it into pieces years ago, the one who burned my love until it turned to ashes.

I groan and sit up, rubbing my temples. The clock on my nightstand reads
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