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CHAPTER 32: Thinking

Author: Debby
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Ariana’s POV

I didn’t stop running until I got home. Doors closed between me and Alex—between me and that contract, that confession, that impossible request.

As I walk up to my room, my breath refused to steady. It stayed in my throat like something sharp. My palms were sweating, my heart hammering, and my thoughts were sprinting faster than my feet ever could.

Marry him.

Fake a relationship with him.

Quit my job.

Marry him.

The words looped through my head like a glitching audio file.

When th
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