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Chapter 42

Author: Andrawrites
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The room glowed with soft gold light. Morning spilled through the thin curtains, cutting lines across the messy bed, the floor littered with heels and perfume bottles.

Clara stretched, a small groan escaping her lips as she pushed her hair out of her face. The air smelled faintly of roses and her own perfume from the night before.

She bounced off the bed, bare feet against the cold marble, and twirled once, laughing quietly. Her reflection caught in the mirror — sleep-rumpled hair, mascara faintly smudged — she grinned at it like a co-conspirator.

Music drifted from the speaker on her dresser, some upbeat Afrobeats track pulsing soft against the morning hum. She swayed as she moved, pulling open her wardrobe doors. Dresses in neat rows, silk and sequins, pale blues, fiery reds. She ran her fingers along the fabric like she was touching possibilities.

“Something bold,” she murmured. “He won’t know what hit him.”

She pulled out a scarlet dress, held it against her body, turned sideways.
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