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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Author: Jules.xo
last update publish date: 2026-06-04 02:38:53

FACING THE FUTURE TOGETHER

The lake looked different in the morning light. Anna sat on the same dock where she'd first watched Chris emerge from the tree line, where their eyes had caught and held with the weight of something neither could name. Now, the water was glass-calm, the sky a deepening blue that promised heat by noon, and Chris sat beside her with his thigh pressed against hers, his hand tracing idle patterns across her knee.

"I called the registrar this morning," Anna said, breaking
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