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Chapter 7

Author: G Etim
last update publish date: 2026-01-03 23:56:03
Clara’s POV

I never expected anyone from my past to meet me at the entrance of the hotel.

Not the same day I’d returned to New York and not even in the manner that was right before me.

Camilla straightened slowly after she picked up the papers she’d dropped. When her eyes lifted to me, they widened immediately, and something flickered across them.

She studied my form like I was a present that had just been unboxed, her gaze making unease crawl along my skin.

She finally snapped out of it
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