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CHAPTER FIVE: SHAME

Author: Emma Stone
last update publish date: 2025-12-01 14:53:03

AIDEN’S POV

Fuck. I was barely able to sleep last night. I sigh, trying to shrug my headache off, it’s not like I sleep properly anyway,

My room is still dark, curtains drawn against the light rays outside. I’m tiredly rubbing my eyes when memories from yesterday crash into my head.

No. No. No.

This has to be a fucking joke. There’s no way…

I stumble to the bathroom, slap the light on, and stare at my neck in the mirror.

Jesus fucking Christ.

There’s a chain of bruises from my ear all the way
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