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The Name That Appeared Twice

Author: M.M.
last update publish date: 2026-02-27 16:27:04

Chapter 16

Dianne did not turn the page immediately.

Her fingers rested lightly on the edge of the guest list, as if the paper had suddenly become heavier than it should have been.

Rafael didn’t rush her.

He stood a few steps away, watching—not impatiently, not aggressively.

Just attentively.

That same quiet attention he had been giving her more often lately.

And that, more than the name itself, made her careful.

Very careful.

She let her eyes move down the list slowly, deliberately, as if s
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