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Chapter 21: Stolen Moments

Author: Favored
last update publish date: 2026-05-25 18:54:58

The next morning felt different not in a dramatic world-shifting way but in small, quiet details that made my chest feel warm and full I woke up in my own bed, the faint scent of Jayden’s cologne still clinging to my pillow from where he’d held me the night before.

My body wasn't aching that much again I stretched carefully, smiling into the sunlight spilling across my room.

Downstairs, the kitchen smelled like fresh coffee and pancakes mom was humming while flipping them, Dad reading the news
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