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Chapter 91

Author: Miss Jean
last update publish date: 2026-05-31 14:16:03

The following week brought something Ava had not expected.

Peace.

Not excitement.

Not drama.

Not emotional breakthroughs.

Just peace.

And strangely, she found herself struggling with it.

Not because she disliked it.

Because she was still learning how to trust it.

Wednesday afternoon found her alone in a small bookstore downtown while waiting for Vivian.

The place smelled faintly of coffee and old paper, the kind of atmosphere that always made her feel calmer.

She wandered slowly between shelves
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