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Chapter 6: The shock on the table

Author: Clara Asonye
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-09-24 15:36:03

Layla's POV

For all I knew, no one alive still called nor referred to me by that name.

I whispered his name, "Viktor," then I nudged him gently . My pulse tripped,then he stirred and woke up.

He blinked, "what's wrong?"

"You... You called me Ava. How did you know that name?"

His face went hard suddenly, Viktor sat up abruptly and the sheets fell off his waist. "What the hell are you talking about?"

"I said, you called me Ava in your sleep." I repeated and my throat tightened.

"Enough!" He barked.

The sharpness of his voice struck my spine.

Viktor had never ever raised his voice at me. Not even close.

He jerked from the bed. He reached for his robe and walked out of the room in a movement that was both jerky and uncontrolled . Nothing like the man I knew.

"Viktor..." I called out.

"Jesus christ, Layla it's the middle of the night. Normal people sleep." He went across the room and grabbed a bottle of bourbon from our suite's mini bar. I watched him yanking the Cork free with his tee
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