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THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU REALLY WANT

Author: Ray Nhedicta
last update publish date: 2026-01-02 22:07:16

Chapter 69

Elowen

"Go inside," Adrian said, his voice cutting through my declaration like it was nothing, like I hadn't just poured out two years of pain and finally found the courage to tell him the truth.

He wheeled his chair toward me and I hated myself for the way my body automatically tensed, for the way I wanted to step back but couldn't make my feet move, for the way even now after everything I was still conditioned to freeze when he approached.

He stopped right in front of me, close eno
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