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Chapter 126

Penulis: Gem
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Cameron POV

I could tell from the second I woke up that something was different. My body still ached like I’d been hit by a train, but my shirt—no, this wasn’t the same one. This one was soft, dry, and didn’t smell like sweat and shame.

Brandon had changed me.

I stared at the ceiling, hoping maybe this was some weird fever dream. That maybe I’d wake up again and everything would rewind. But no. The light was real. The quiet in the room was real. The fact that I didn’t feel alone anymore—also real.

I turned my head slowly.

Brandon was sitting in my desk chair, legs pulled up like he’d been there forever. His eyes were fixed on me instantly. Like he hadn’t taken them off me once.

“Hey,” he said quietly, voice gentle like I was a ghost or something. “You’re awake.”

I tried to sit up, but even that felt like too much. My muscles were sore, like my body knew what had happened even if I didn’t want to think about it.

“You… changed my clothes,” I said, my voice scratchy and low.

He nodded, n
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