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Chapter 13 – The Kiss
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2025-08-20 06:55:59LENA
I didn’t sleep. Not even for a second.
The glowing digits of my clock kept mocking me, each minute dragging like a century. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the photo again—the marriage license staring back at me from my phone screen, Roman’s taunting words stamped underneath: Still think you can deny me?
I wanted to throw my phone against the wall, but even then it wouldn’t erase what I’d seen. It wouldn’t erase the paper itself.
By morning, I was done. I was tired of running, tired of pretending this was all just some twisted misunderstanding. If Roman wanted to play games, fine—but I wasn’t going to sit quietly while he dangled threats over me like a puppet.
I was going to confront him.
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