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Chapter 57

Author: Uyai Jimmy
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2025-10-16 23:08:47

Lydia’s POV

The night was unusually still.

I stood at the top of the stairs, looking down into the wide, luminous living room. The chandelier’s soft glow made everything seem calm, too calm, like the silence that follows a storm that has not really passed. The house smelled faintly of rain and whiskey, two things that always reminded me of Damian.

He was home, yet not here. He had gone upstairs after his drive, quiet and brooding. I had seen the look in his eyes when he came in earlier. Somethi
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