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Chapter 25: Double Lives

작가: CASSANDRA MILLS
last update 게시일: 2026-06-01 01:58:13

GAVIN

The talk with Cassandra had gone to hell.

I can't tell when we lost the ability to sit down and have adult conversations. There used to be a time when we could be cordial, even loving. Now every conversation felt like walking through a battlefield. And I knew exactly when it all changed.

The night I crossed the line with Melanie.

“Cass, I need to see Dalton today,” I said to her, already grabbing my keys from the counter. “After that, we’re going to the hospital.”

Her head snapped up so f
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