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Chapter 73

作者: Acedomvile
last update 公開日: 2025-10-27 12:27:17

THE TRUTH UNVEILED

~CLAIRE'S POV~

I woke to silence.

Not the comfortable kind that comes with lazy Sunday mornings, but the hollow kind that presses against your eardrums and makes you aware of how alone you are. My hand reached across the bed instinctively, finding only cold sheets where Alexander's warmth should have been.

The apartment felt emptier than it had any right to feel.

I sat up slowly, my body aching in places that reminded me of last night. The argument. The kiss that turned into
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