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The Morning After

Author: Ameerah ZB
last update publish date: 2025-11-15 23:39:46

Edrick’s POV

I didn’t know what the hell came over me last night.

One minute, she was yelling at me with tears in her eyes, and the next, I was pulling her into my arms like it actually mattered. I hated that. I hated that I couldn’t watch her cry without something twisting inside my chest.

Aria Vale. The woman I was forced to marry. The woman whose name alone reminded me of everything I’d lost.

But when she broke down like that, something inside me shifted. Maybe it was because we’d been livin
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