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Chapter Eighteen

Author: Delancyquin
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-08-05 12:16:08

Mira's P.O.V

There was something about silence that made it louder when the truth started whispering.

And lately, silence was all I had.

Luca had been more attentive, more present in the past few days bringing home dinner, holding my hand longer, lingering with his eyes on my stomach like he was trying to memorize the life we created. And I hated that I loved it.

Because it made lying to him harder.

I was no longer just curious. I was obsessed.

Every name, every date, every detail about Cassandra Navarro now had a place on the notes I kept hidden beneath the false drawer in my closet. Manang Silva helped me collect what she could from the old records. Cassandra’s medical visits, the way she seemed to vanish before her official death was reported.

Nothing was adding up.

“Still can’t sleep?” Luca’s voice broke through my thoughts as he leaned against the doorway, holding a cup of warm milk.

I looked up from the armchair, startled. “Yeah. Just thinking.”

He stepped forward, pla
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