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Chapter 40

作者: Quillian Dark
last update publish date: 2026-04-23 19:32:40

NINA

The hallway outside Liam’s penthouse felt too quiet, too polished, like even my footsteps didn’t belong there. I stood in front of the door for a second longer than necessary, my hand hovering just before I knocked, my pulse doing something I didn’t want to acknowledge. I told myself this was just a conversation, just something that needed to be said out loud, nothing more, nothing dangerous, nothing that could unravel everything I had been holding together.

I knocked anyway.

The door op
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