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Chapter 6 – I Tell My Best Friend Everything
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2025-08-17 19:13:45LENA
By the time I got back to my apartment, I felt like I’d been hit by a truck. My makeup was smeared, my heels were in my hand because I’d given up walking in them halfway up the stairs, and my chest felt like someone had tied it in knots.
The dinner kept replaying in my head like a nightmare on loop. My mom’s glowing face. Roman sitting there in his tailored suit like nothing had happened. The way his eyes never let me go.
I wanted to scream. Or drink. Or maybe both.
Instead, I did what I always did when my world tilted off its axis. I called the one person who knew me better than anyone: Ava.
She answered on the second ring, her voice muffled like she had a mouthful of chips. “Lena? It’s midnight, are you dying?”
“Kind of,” I said, my voice cracking in a way that made her instantly go quiet.
“What happened?”
“Can you come over? Please?”
There wa
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