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Chapter 164: Distance

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"You tell me," he said, his gaze hard. "Why would you?"

The audacity! What did he think of me? That I was the kind of person who would hurt someone out of spite? Out of jealousy? 

The thought alone made my stomach clench and twist into knots. Was that truly how little I mattered to him now? I couldn't stop the sharp bitterness that flooded through my veins, seeping into every part of me. 

I'd never known such a deep ache, not until I felt the weight of contempt

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