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Chapter 6

Author: Mk
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-27 00:33:13

Immersed in the silence as we worked our hearts out, the calm was sharp, nearly sacred. Fingers danced over keyboards, pens scratched across paper, the rhythm of quiet productivity setting the tone—until it shattered. The door burst open with a slam that echoed through the walls, and just like that, peace was gone.

Arian stormed into the room like a thundercloud, her voice already rising.

"How can you be so heartless and inconsiderate?" she snapped, eyes burning holes into Justin. "You do nothing but sit here, and it's still too hard to pick my call?"

The accusation cracked the air like a whip.

She marched across the room, heels hitting the floor in harsh defiance as she closed the space between them. Justin barely moved. He didn't flinch or stand. His eyes, sharp and visibly annoyed, stared at her with cold displeasure, every muscle in his face screaming exhaustion.

"For crying out loud, Arian," he said, exasperation bleeding into every word, "I am at work. Can you at least let me ha
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