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Chapter 40: Alan’s POV

Auteur: Nancii Agosto
last update Dernière mise à jour: 2025-09-18 20:06:24

I paced back and forth in my living room, the soft thud of my footsteps against the hardwood floor mingling with the low hum of the clock ticking away in the background. Each second felt like an hour. The last time we spoke, everything was cut short by Jessie’s sudden appearance from behind the bushes. I couldn’t believe that she had the audacity to interrupt my conversation, to stop me from finally voicing the things I needed to say or stalk me. I had to hide her face from Jessie and escape before things got worse. There were questions I still needed answers to, things I’d buried under the weight of my own indecision. I couldn’t shake the feeling that tonight, things would either shift or shatter entirely.

Ten minutes passed, or maybe it was closer to fifteen, but it felt like hours before the doorbell finally rang. I didn’t need to check the surveillance cameras to know who was at my door. I knew that scent, the intoxicating blend of strawberries and vanilla. I knew that gleam in th
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