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Chapter 488

Penulis: Kayla Sango
Vivian's POV

The hospital room was sterile and impersonal, its white walls seeming to amplify every sound—the steady beep of the monitors, the low hum of the air conditioner, the shuffle of shoes in the hallway outside. I was propped up in bed, still hooked to the IV dripping methodically through the catheter in my arm, when the door opened.

I expected to see a nurse or the doctor doing rounds.

I did not expect to see her.

"What are you doing here?" I asked immediately, my voice coming o
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