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Chapter 34

Author: Teddy
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-10-13 23:37:11

Chapter ThirtyFour

Elena’s POV

Sleep refused to come.

I tossed and turned all night, my mind spinning like a broken record. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw my father’s face pale, terrified, his screams echoing in my ears.

And behind those screams… I saw him.

Valerio.

The man whose touch once made my heart tremble. The man I now suspected might be the reason my world was falling apart.

By the time dawn broke, I hadn’t slept a minute. My pillow was damp with tears, and my head pounded from exhaustion. But one thought pushed me out of bed I needed to see him.

If Valerio was truly the man behind my father’s suffering, I had to know.

And if he wasn’t… then I had to find out who was before it was too late.

I dragged myself to the bathroom. The mirror didn’t lie my eyes were red, my skin pale. I looked broken. Weak.

I couldn’t go to him like this.

So, I did what women like me were taught to do.

I rebuilt myself.

I turned on the shower and stood under it for a long time, letting the hot
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