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13. Drinking Night

last update 公開日: 2026-01-07 19:44:02
Ethan’s POV

I tell myself I’m only going out because it’s business.

That is the lie I stick with while I change my shirt, splash water on my face and stare at myself in the mirror a little longer than normal. Business dinner with lients. Old college friends who turned into investors and partners and men who clap you on the back while asking how your wife is doing.

I don’t eat before I leave I don’t feel hungry because my stomach feels like it’s been twisted into something tight and mean, and foo
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Lorrain Wolfe
how can Ethan be so clueless. he grew up with Lena so surely he knows her. Maya is the one in the picture and most probably Ryan.
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Ann Shank
I like this story a lot. I hope all works out well for them ... and psyco girl and her possible accomplice (Ryan) have a really, really bad ending.
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