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AND MAYBE THAT WAS ENOUGH.

Author: Ray Nhedicta
last update publish date: 2025-11-14 00:00:06

Chapter 63

Alex

I caught her wrist gently, not pulling her away but holding her there, feeling her pulse race beneath my fingers. Our eyes locked, and the world narrowed to just us, just this moment, just the question hanging in the air between us.

"If I kiss you," I said hoarsely, "and you still don't remember anything, it'll destroy me. Do you understand that? I've lost you twice already. I can't survive a third time."

"Then we'll both be destroyed," she whispered. "Because if you don't kiss
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