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Chapter 010: I'm Not Letting Go

作者: Heartflames
last update 公開日: 2026-02-08 18:28:04

SLADE’S POV::

She’s gone.

The door slammed a while ago, but the echo’s still hanging in the room like smoke.

The woman she chased out has long disappeared, her perfume fading into nothing, yet somehow the place still feels charged, like static after lightning.

I’m still sitting in the same damn spot, shirt unbuttoned halfway, a drink sweating in my hand.

My lips twitch, but it's not quite a smile.

She called me disgusting. She didn’t even flinch when she said it.

For someone who swears she does
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