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Chapter Thirty Eight

Penulis: T. Hush
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2025-06-29 15:11:06

I loved the restaurant for its silence.

The kind of silence that forced you to listen to your own breathing, to the clink of forks in the distance, to the unspoken thoughts swelling between every line of conversation. It was intimate, yes... but not romantic. That was the trick. Soft enough to lower his guard, but sharp enough for me to stay in control.

I sat by the window, the daylight washing over my skin, casting delicate shadows over the high collar of my beige silk blouse. My hair a bit
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