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CHAPTER FIFTY FOUR — ASKING ME OUT

Author: Aveline K
last update publish date: 2026-05-02 11:32:09

I stifled for a split second, stuttering almost immediately.

“What… I don’t… fuck, Jeanne!”

She burst into an endless spree of laughter, shaking her head in disbelief.

“Come on, there’s nothing going on between Lucian and I. We just decided to call a truce.”

“Truce? I don't buy that.”

I shrugged. “Well, if you didn’t, what do you think?”

“I think you’re both up to something. You can’t just be besties in eleven days.”

“We aren’t besties, duh.”

“Whatever!” she cut in. “Did anything outside Lucia
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