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Chapter 48

Author: Gem
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-06 23:58:44

POV: Cameron

Something wasn’t right.

I could feel it in the pit of my stomach the moment I opened my laptop. My inbox sat there, a sea of unread emails and boring newsletters, but the one I was waiting for wasn’t there.

No message from The partner I got for the company.

He usually responded by now. He wasn’t the type to leave people hanging — especially not when we had a shipment due next week. He was all business, all the time. Sharp. Focused. Reliable.

But now?

Radio silence.

I scrolled. Refreshed. Refreshed again.

Still nothing.

I tried to brush it off at first. Maybe he was busy. Maybe something came up. Or maybe I was just being paranoid because I hadn't slept much last night — again.

But an hour passed. Then two.

Still no update.

I shot him a message.

> “Hey, everything okay on your end? Haven’t heard from you. Just checking in.”

I leaned back in my chair and stared at the ceiling. My room was too quiet. The kind of quiet that made your thoughts louder. And right now, mine were
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