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CHAPTER 40: The Quiet

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Alex’s POV

I didn’t realize how tense I’d been until I heard her laugh.

It was not the quiet, polite one she used in public or the fake one she had been using since I stepped into the apartment.

This one was soft. The kind that slipped out before she could stop it.

The coffee machine chimed and announced, “Brewing in progress,” in an overly cheerful voice, and Ariana blinked at it, then at me.

“It does that every time,” she said, already embarrassed.

I leaned against the counter, loosening my c
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