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Chapter 46: The Distance

Penulis: Nari Winters
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-09-18 21:37:26

His hand fell away before his fingers ever reached my skin, and the sudden absence of his touch left something aching in its place, some strange, unwanted disappointment I refused to examine too closely. The office felt smaller suddenly, the space between us both too much and not enough at once.

“Why did you stop?” The question left me before I’d fully decided to ask it, my voice quieter than I intended, stripped of the guard I usually kept so carefully in place.

Maximilian stepped back, puttin
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