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Chapter Seventy Nine

Auteur: Tee Growrich
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His soft breathing reminded me why I had fought so hard to stay hidden.

My screen lit up again, unknown number.

I frowned and answered groggily, my voice still thick with sleep. “Hello… Camilla Jones speaking.”

There was silence on the other end for a second.

Too long.

Then came a voice I hadn’t expected to hear this soon.

“Hey… Camilla. It’s Richard Anderson.”

My heart skipped.

I sat up slowly, careful not to disturb Zane. My pulse quickened before I could stop it. That name. That voice. My past trying to claw its way into my present. I forced calm into my tone, steeling the walls I’d built.

“Well, Mr. Anderson…” I said, my voice dry but poised, “Do you always call people you just met this early in the morni
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