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Chapter 20

Penulis: Dea B
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-11-02 11:02:07

Logan POV

For a second, I can’t move.

The door is open, the hallway empty, and the only sound left in the room is the echo of her footsteps running away from me.

My pulse hits hard. Too hard.

Sophia smooths her hair like she was just interrupted in the middle of a photoshoot. “Guess the little president learned a valuable lesson.”

I whip around so fast she blinks.

“What lesson?”

She smirks. “That she’s not the girl who gets this bed. She’s the girl who walks past it.”

Something ugly ignites in my chest — not heat, not lust.

Fire.

“Get out.”

Sophia pauses, lips parting. “What?”

“You heard me. Get. Out.”

Her eyes narrow. “You’re seriously kicking me out because Miss Perfect got her feelings hurt?”

“Now.”

She gives a cold little laugh. “Pathetic. She isn’t even your type.”

My voice drops, low and lethal. “I said. Out.”

Sophia grabs her jacket, muttering under her breath. “You’re going to regret this.”

I don’t wait to listen. I move before the shame can set in — down the stairs, through t
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