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Chapter 39 - Belle

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The moment I saw the photo, I knew it was going to change everything.

I was nestled in a cozy corner of a downtown café during my lunch break, pushing a nearly untouched arugula salad around my plate, when my phone vibrated with an alarming ping.

It came from a gossip site I barely remembered signing up for. Somehow, its notifications always seemed to slip through the cracks of my busy life. With a sense of dread, I tapped the notification, and there it was, illuminated on my screen.

It was Cassian and Callie and in the picture, they shared a kiss—or what looked like one.

In reality, Callie was leaning into him, her delicate hand splayed across his chest, lips hovering close to his as if willing the moment to ignite. Cassian's jaw was rigid, a picture of indifference, while the camera captured just enough to put my world at risk.

The headline sneered back at me:

"THORNWELL HEIR LIVES IT UP WITH SPICY MOMENT WITH MONROE EX—MARRIAGE STORIES DEAD?"

I struggled to comprehend what I was re
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