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Chapter 163

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Zara's POV.

I stared at the envelope on my bedside table until the words on it blurred.

”Zara.”

It was just my name.

My fingers tightened around the blanket. I have already read the letter twice and I still don't know what to do with it. I could not even say it to anybody because I just wanted to process everything on my own.

“I know you don't want to see me.”

That part had been easy to believe because I really did not want to see her. But I still don't understand why she was still forcing thin
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