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Chapter 96: Walking Away from Liam

作者: Raven
last update 公開日: 2025-07-08 13:39:39

Julian smirked. "So, you finally remember."

But Allie still couldn’t believe it. "Wait… what? That can’t be right."

The Julian she remembered wasn’t like this.

Back at St. Mary’s Orphanage, the other kids always played together, but there was one boy who never joined in. He’d sit alone in the corner, staring out the window, lost in his own world.

The other kids whispered that he was strange, maybe even a little broken.

Back then, young Allie didn’t understand what that meant, so she decided she
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