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Chapter 98

Author: Nini
last update publish date: 2026-05-09 03:33:30

I walked back to the academy with the anger sitting high in my chest, bright and hot and looking for somewhere to go.

We were friends. I had believed that. I had let myself believe it — the grapes, the late nights, the hot water bottles, the assignments done in borrowed handwriting, standing on an ice rink in front of everyone and telling his best friend to stop. I had believed we were past the version of us that hurt each other without thinking.

And then he had stood in that restaurant and loo
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