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38 What Max Sees

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last update 최신 업데이트: 2025-12-24 01:28:18

Max

I shouldn’t have followed her.

I knew that even as I parked across the street, engine still running, hands gripping the steering wheel hard enough to make my knuckles ache.

But knowing has never stopped me before.

The café windows glowed warm against the darkening evening. Quiet. Neutral. The kind of place people went when they wanted conversations without witnesses.

I told myself I was just making sure she was safe.

A lie.

I watched through the glass as she sat across from him—Sam. She was relaxed in a way she hadn’t been with me for days. Maybe weeks. Maybe ever.

My jaw tightened.

They talked. I couldn’t hear the words, but I didn’t need to. I knew the rhythm of her expressions too well. The way her shoulders softened when she felt understood. The way she tilted her head when she was listening—not guarding, not preparing to defend herself.

That look had once been mine.

Then he stood.

I leaned forward without realizing it, pulse ticking faster, something sharp crawling up my spin
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