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CHAPTER 70 – The Morning After

作者: Amycee
last update 最終更新日: 2025-11-05 19:38:58

Cade stirred, and his voice reached me.

“Mira,” he said softly.

I was still at the edge of the bed, clutching the sheet around me, my pulse wild from the mess this was.

He gave a faint smile. “Good morning.”

I stared at him like he’d lost his mind. “Good morning? Really?” My voice cracked on the words.

He blinked, confused. “What’s wrong?”

“What’s wrong?” I repeated, a sharp, humorless laugh slipping out. “Cade, I just made a huge mistake. Why didn’t you stop me?”

His expression shifted, hurt and disbelief flickering at once. He sat up, raking a hand through his hair. “Stop you? You agreed to it. You wanted it. Don’t rewrite it now.”

“It was a mistake,” I said too fast and harshly.

His voice rose, low but shaking. “A mistake? You’re calling the night we shared a mistake, Mira?”

I flinched. For a second the way he said it stole my words. “Don’t you get it, Cade? Can’t you see what we’ve done? I cheated on Zayne. With you, his brother.” I pressed my palms to my face. “God, how did I wal
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