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Chapter 83

Author: Devika
last update publish date: 2026-02-14 23:27:37

Veronica's PoV.

For a moment, I didn't breathe. The message sat on the screen as it belonged there.

Causal, almost polite and caring.

‘You look better today.’

Today?

That meant recently. At the hospital, or here?

My thumb hovered over the screen but I didn't type back. I didn't block the number either, I stared at it, willing it to reveal something more but nothing came.

No second messages, no typing bubble. Just silence. The air in the suite shifted, which had felt neutral and normal was now
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