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Torn Between Hearts

Penulis: Bless Faru
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The party had ended hours ago. I found myself in front of the wide glass windows in the mansion, the city sprawling beneath us like an ocean of fire. My reflection stared back at me: a woman in diamonds she hadn’t chosen, wearing a last name that wasn’t hers, and holding onto dignity that was fraying at the edges.

Alexander was behind me, of course. Always behind me. Watching. Silent. The weight of his gaze pressed harder than any necklace on my throat.

“You let him rattle you,” he said at last, voice smooth and cold. “Damien Callahan.”

I stiffened. The name was a knife, but I wouldn’t give him the satisfaction of seeing me bleed. “I didn’t let him rattle me,” I murmured. “He just…appeared.”

Alexander’s footsteps echoed across the marble until he stood beside me, tall, unyielding, infuriatingly calm. His reflection dwarfed mine. “You’re lying.”

Heat flushed my cheeks. He didn’t raise his voice, didn’t need to. The accusation itself was a scalpel. “Why does it matter?” I asked, my own
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