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Chapter 17
TYLER POV
“Am I allowed to go home now?” I put both hands on my hips and looked at Mario. I should be home, talking to Autumn, not standing in front of a hotel room, guarding the door for two hours.
He waved his hand. “Go.”
He didn’t need to tell me twice as I rushed to the set of the elevator at the end of the hallway and pressed the call button.
It was around ten o’clock when I finally got home. The elevator took longer than usual, no matter how many times I pressed the call button so I ran my way from downstairs to our floor. By the time I got home, I was sweating and panting hard. I fished out the keys from the pocket of my jeans and unlocked the door. “Autumn?”
All lights were turned off. I used my phone to get to the coat stand. I reached for
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