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Chapter 10 — Ruined

Penulis: Queen Bee
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-04-22 23:37:07

Morning arrived with the softness of a punch to the stomach. I woke in my office, where I had slept, or tried to sleep, after coming home the night before with Lara’s scent still imprinted on my skin. My phone vibrated incessantly on the desk, an irritating buzz that seemed to echo the tremor in my nerves.

“Dorian?” Sarah’s voice came from the door, strangely restrained. “You need to… See this.”

She was pale, holding her iPad with trembling hands. Her eyes, normally so clear and open, were red
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