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Chapter 68

Auteur: Esther pen
last update Date de publication: 2026-08-05 22:22:13

MAYA'S POV

The days following Killian's brief, painful phone call were some of the darkest and hardest days I had ever lived through.

Even though he had promised we would talk again properly, the cold, heavy silence returned almost immediately. Every text message I sent stayed unread, sitting there with a single gray checkmark.

Every time I tried to call his number, the line was cut off before it could even ring once.

I kept lying to myself every morning. I kept telling myself that he was sim
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