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Chapter 7 - Unexpected dinner

Author: Onyx
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-27 01:46:09

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Ivy wasn’t expecting anyone in the kitchen.

It was late, past midnight, with the kind of quiet where every sound felt too loud. She padded in barefoot, with her silk robe tied lazily around her waist, her hair also loosely clipped back like she forced herself to leave the bed. She just wanted to eat something small and head back to her room without crossing paths with anyone. Especially him.

But fate clearly had other plans.

Liam Calloway was already there.

He stood by the fridge, shirtless under an open hoodie, a glass of water in one hand and a container of leftover pasta in the other. His hair was messy, like he had just gotten out of the shower, and his eyes flicked to her the second she walked in.

"Well," he said, smirking, "look who’s haunting my kitchen."

She didn’t even blink. "Your kitchen?"

He shrugged. "I pay half the rent."

"We’re not paying rent."

"Still counts."

She walked past him like he was just part of the décor, grabbing the vegan stir-fry Ma
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