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Chapter 275

Author: Anney GW
last update publish date: 2026-04-20 16:07:04

Estelle’s POV

I looked at the table. My thumb found the groove in the wood where a crack ran through the grain, and I pressed into it until the nail bed turned white.

“Nothing,” I said. “He gripped the steering wheel and drove and said absolutely nothing.”

Daisy sat back heavily.

“Not because he disagreed,” I added tiredly. “Because he couldn’t argue with it and he couldn’t accept it and he wasn’t ready to say either of those things out loud.”

“God, Estelle.”

“I know.”

We sat with that for a mo
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