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Chapter 148: Danger

Author: Twistella
last update publish date: 2026-05-19 06:12:38

"I love you Arabella."

"You don't know what love is, Lucas," she whispered, her voice dead and hollow. "There is no space for it in you. Especially not for me."

Lucas looked at her, and for the first time, the sheer weight of her horror fully registered. She wasn't just acting out of anger or betrayal; she was living in a state of pure, unadulterated torment. She was looking at him as if he were a demon crawled straight out of her worst nightmares.

Just what the hell did Antonio tell her?

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