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Chapter 123: Realization of Loss

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last update تاريخ النشر: 2026-05-08 16:40:02

Ethan's POV

Back came the distance.

Something shifted slowly once we added the rooftop garden. Quick replies instead of full sentences. Her gaze sliding away whenever I walked in. Nights stretched long, her shut inside the study past midnight. I blamed pressure - the lingering danger, that slash from the blade, the files piling up on Gwen and Victor. Facts she kept sorting through alone.

Yet I understood differently.

He started putting distance between them once mo

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