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Chapter 40: The Gilded Cage

Auteur: Eric Nicole
last update Date de publication: 2026-03-26 23:27:35

She did not let go of his hand.

The morning light moved across the kitchen floor, slow and golden, warming the tiles where they sat. Dawson's fingers were still wrapped around hers, his coffee forgotten, his face turned toward her like she was the only thing in the room worth seeing.

She had said yes. Or something like yes. Or something that felt like the beginning of yes.

Now she sat across from him, her mother's words still fresh in her chest, and wondered if she had just made the biggest mis
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