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Chapter 72 The Con

Author: Shay Robinson
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-14 11:26:04

Aria’s POV

Tuesday morning comes with the usual vibration of my phone against the nightstand.

A text lights up the screen: Good morning, love. I hope you have a good day at work.

Of course, it’s from Jaylen.

But before I can even respond, another one comes through.

Good morning, Aria. Have a good day today.

Leonard.

I sigh. It’s been like this for a couple of days now. At least Jaylen stopped sending gifts every day, but the texts keep coming. I still answer them, though I probably shouldn’t. The truth is, I still have feelings for him, deep ones, but I can’t let him see that. Not when he still hasn’t taken the steps to fix his broken marriage, and it’s beyond repair, and we both know it.

Especially after the abortion and that contract she made him sign. There’s something really off about it, something behind it, and I can’t shake the feeling that it’s bigger than he knows.

What’s always struck me as strange is how her father used to treat me with more respect than he did his own daug
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