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132: Breaking Point

Author: Risa Mint
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-24 23:47:22

Chapter 132

The early morning light bled across the horizon, a pale gold that should have brought warmth, but to Andreas, it felt cold, distant, mocking, even. He sat in the backseat of the sleek black car, his gaze fixed on the glass window beside him, watching the streets pass by like a blur. Inside his chest, a storm brewed, a heaviness he couldn’t shake off no matter how many times he tried to reason with himself.

As the driver navigated the quiet roads, Andreas’s thoughts spiraled into places he didn’t want to go.

How did it come to this? He clenched his jaw. First, there was the rift between him and Mia. A small misunderstanding that had grown into something heavier with each passing hour. Lately, no matter what he did, how much he tried to fix things, it only seemed to make him the villain in everyone’s eyes.

He thought about Brian, the small boy who constantly called for his mother even when barely conscious, and that was why he tried to help with Tania's case. Andreas had do
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