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CHAPTER 012

Author: Kat.E
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-14 23:59:08

BETTY

The driver slows to a stop in front of Grace’s school, and I take a deep breath before stepping out of the car.

The afternoon sun is soft, and the air hums with laughter as children spill out from their buses, dragging small suitcases and waving to their parents.

I scan the crowd, my eyes darting between colorful backpacks and familiar faces, searching for Grace but instead, my gaze catches something else.

Leaning against a sleek black car parked a few yards away stands Nathaniel.

His posture is effortless, his suit perfectly pressed despite the afternoon heat, the top two buttons of his shirt undone in that careless way that somehow makes him look even more put together.

For a moment — just a single, traitorous moment, I feel that old tug in my chest, that remembers every reason I ever fell for him, but the memory of our last conversation flashes across my mind.

The admiration burns to ash in my throat, and my hand curls into a tight fist at my side.

“What the hell is he doing
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