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CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR

Author: Rena_bliss
last update publish date: 2025-11-27 07:17:01

TESSA

My hands were shaking badly, my heart pounding so hard and fast against my chest that I thought it'd explode.

The car barely slowed down in front of the hospital before I already rushed out, bursting through the hospital doors.

I could feel Matteo on my tail as I rushed out, my flip flops squeaking on the tiles.

I didn't care that I looked a mess. My hair was falling everywhere, my hands wouldn't stop shaking and I was still in my long robe from earlier. But none of that mattered to
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