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69. A fried...

Penulis: Ruth Z. Vachon
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ELOWEN

I told myself I was imagining it. All of it.

People smell things all the time— fabric softener, someone’s leftover perfume on an elevator, a stranger’s cologne caught in your hair… scents travel. They cling. They lie. They deceive.

It's not a huge thing, but— this is still unsure to me. Why on earth does Liora's scent linger in my office? Why was she here?

I sniffed the leather again, and I wasn't wrong at all. It was her scent. I remember it perfectly. I even can remember the average scents, and this one— this one is very distinct and not so common…

Various thoughts started creeping within me and an uncertain fear was rising.

Could it be her? But, why would she frame me? Yes, I mean, I had seen her and noticed her unfriendly gaze at me, but— stooping at this level to frame me while dragging Alexander along? — nah, it doesn't sound quite logical.

But then again, why was she in my room?

Confusion grappled me. God, what should I do now?

Should I— should I tell Alexander? I
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