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Chapter 44

Author: Miss J
last update publish date: 2026-03-29 23:40:00
Summer's Pov

The past two days had been surprisingly good.

Gray had taken me around the house properly. The painting studio tucked behind the east wing that I never would have found on my own. The indoor pool that I had completely missed even though apparently it had been there the whole time. We swam, we talked, we laughed about nothing important and everything felt easy in a way that this house had never felt before.

I needed that. More than I realized.

I had barely seen Crew. And I wa
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