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Chapter 46

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Chapter 46: The Weight of Silence

Aria's POV

I didn't sleep.

I just sat at my kitchen table with cold coffee and my phone face-down in front of me, replaying the moment over and over. The way Lucas's jaw tightened when he saw me with Daniel. The way he turned and walked out without looking back at me even once.

He never yells. That's the thing with him. He just goes quiet and somehow that's so much worse than yelling. At least yelling fills the room with something. His silence just hollows ever
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