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Chapter 29 For Now

作者: Suniti Mehrotra
last update 最終更新日: 2025-12-26 19:23:57

Liam POV

Her next words hit me like a bomb.

“We need to talk.”

Her voice was authoritative, her posture calm. A flicker of emotion crossed her eyes—too brief for me to decipher. Her reaction was unexpected. The calmness unnerved me; it felt like the calm before a storm. A bad feeling settled deep in my chest. Something in me whispered that the path ahead would not be as easy as I believed.

I turned to look at Sanjana.

She had let go of my hand and now stood as if she had shrunk within moments. Her head was bent low, her arms hanging before she folded them over herself. Nervously, she scraped the sole of her slipper with her thumb.

I reached for her again, gently holding her hand, and followed my mother.

We walked toward the back of the hall where a small café was situated. The café was modest yet aesthetically decorated. The atmosphere was calm and serene. In one corner stood a small bookshelf, filled with books—each one neatly marked, as though they had been read and reread wi
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