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Chapter 10

Author: His Shadow
He still wanted to find me and start over properly.

He wanted to atone for how badly he had treated me.

However, I had told him that I never wanted to see him again.

In the past, he thought Ruby’s suicide threats were the most heartbreaking thing he could experience.

He finally understood what the most heart-wrenching thing truly was.

It was my leaving him.

However, it was all too late.

The police chief, James, was his former classmate. When James heard why he was at the police station, he quickly explained the situation.

Initially, although the hospital had reported the incident, the nurse was not gravely injured. The issue was therefore handled primarily through mediation.

The intention was for Ruby to simply apologize and let it go.

No one expected Ruby to inexplicably lose her mind. She refused to back down and caused a major disturbance at the hospital.

That was why she had been detained overnight.

Clayton massaged the muscle between his eyebrows as he tried to suppres
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