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Chapter 45: Really Bad Math

Author: Lady Gwen
last update publish date: 2024-05-27 03:23:53
(Xander POV)

Kill me now.

I have been in a complete and total panic for the past two days, after realizing that I am a total moron.

I had been so focused on how long Piper had been gone and how I was going to get her back, that I made some serious miscalculations in my planning. I mixed up a bunch of dates. I did the wrong math. And I forgot Piper’s birthday.

HOW DID I FORGET PIPER’S BIRTHDAY?!?!? I plan to spend the rest of my life with her, and I forgot her birthday. And not just me —Gunn
Lady Gwen

Next up: Addie & Leo are introduced.

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