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Chapter 50: My Idiot

Author: AE DIRA
last update publish date: 2026-02-22 23:40:20

LENNON

Lennon was sprawled on his bed like he’d been dropped there from a height—legs tangled in the sheets, hoodie rucked up around his waist to expose the soft dip of his lower back. The ceiling fan spun lazy circles above him, stirring the warm night air without cooling it, the faint hum blending with the distant city noise filtering through the cracked window.

The house was quiet, and it soothed him.

Richard was at some black-tie dinner; Maria was… Lennon didn’t know where. The silence w
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