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Chapter 96

Author: Joanne Woods
last update publish date: 2026-05-01 19:59:06

Evelyn's POV

I had already fallen hard enough once—hard enough to leave cracks I was still trying to hold together—and there was no way I was going to let myself walk blindly into another trap.

No matter how gentle it seemed.

No matter how safe it tried to feel.

“Thank you… for tonight,” I said, forcing steadiness into my voice as I reached up to push lightly against him, putting space between us before I lost the resolve to do so. “I should go.”

But his hand at my waist didn’t loosen in the sl
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