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CHAPTER EIGHTY

Author: Treyl
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-09 23:37:00

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JOANA’S POV

I had made a promise.

To Jason.

I promised to assist him if he supported what I needed. When we started this task, I had no idea about the disorder we faced which made it harder to fulfil our agreement. But now?. Our lives appeared more disorganized compared to before. Lives were on the line. Emotions were entangled. Belief in each other eroded day by day.

As Caleb and I left the police station, my mind spun with everything Jason had confessed.

His name.

His real past.

The secret assassination unit.

And the fact that I had unknowingly been part of his final mission.

He didn’t want to kidnap me. Not really. He wanted out. But they wanted one last thing from him—and when he hesitated, they punished him the only way they knew how.

His daughter.

I swallowed hard, my steps slow as I moved beside Caleb. We hadn't spoken a word since Jason’s confession. But the silence between us wasn’t empty. It was loud. Charged.

The kind of silence that knew too much.

When we reached the c
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  • TAKE ME BACK EX WIFE   CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE

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