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9 - Unseen, Unmet, Unsafe

Author: jasleepyhead
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2025-12-26 19:27:33

Aya’s POV

I should have pulled away. I should have pushed him off and yelled at him for being a hypocrite, for rejecting me and then holding me like this.

But my fucking body betrayed me. Of course it would..

I leaned back into him, my hands resting on his arms, and let out a shaky breath that I didn’t know I’d been holding.

“It might sound cringe b-but.. I just remembered I almost d-died,” I whispered, the words tumbling

out before I could stop them. “If it weren't for the adrenaline rush at
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