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Chapter 28

Author: Suzie
last update publish date: 2026-04-23 06:06:15

(Elena’s POV)

We both stood there, breathing as the tension kept rising, he didn’t move backward, that was the first thing I noticed.

“You need to leave.” he said weakly; like he’d rehearsed the sentence before saying it. The part of him that always needed to be in control was still very much present. But his body was giving him away; Because the space between us didn’t grow, it only tightened; It’s weird to describe, but when you’re really close to someone, the atmosphere changes from neutra
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