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CHAPTER 16 – THE COLD DISTANCE

Penulis: MJG
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CHAPTER 16 – THE COLD DISTANCE

Damian’s POV

She was distant. That was the first thing I noticed—though I tried not to admit it, even to myself. The way she avoided eye contact. The way her laughs didn’t quite reach her eyes. The way she lingered a little too long on her phone, tapping it like she was waiting for something, anyone, to distract her from… whatever it was.

And maybe it was work. I told myself it was work. She was always meticulous, always trying to keep the balance. I shouldn’t overthink it. I kept repeating that like a mantra, but every time she brushed past me, there was a chill in her touch that hadn’t been there before. I felt it, and I hated it.

I hated it because I didn’t understand it. And I hated it because I did.

I kept watching her from across the room during our meetings, the way her shoulders stiffened when I entered, the way her hands curled around her pen a little too tightly, the way she didn’t answer me immedi
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