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Chapter 23

Author: sylvette
last update publish date: 2025-12-26 15:16:51

~Liv~

Zoe didn't even ask where I wanted to go. She just grabbed my keys off the diner table, looped her arm through mine like I was some fragile bomb about to go off, and dragged me out into the cold. The air hit my wet face like a slap, which was honestly kind of nice because at least it hurt in a different way than Caleb's words did.

"Car. Now," she said, steering me toward my own vehicle like I was drunk. "You're not driving, though. You cry-drive and it's terrifying."

"I do not cry-drive."
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