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Author: Rossy
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-25 16:54:17

CATALINA

I stepped inside and the air smelled faintly of wine and expensive candles. The lights were dim, a soft, almost deliberate yellow. Then she stepped out of the hallway, wearing only a silk, cream-colored bathrobe, slipping enough to reveal the curve of her collarbone.

She didn’t look surprised. She's just confused.

“Hello,” she said calmly, as though we were meeting for brunch.

I looked past her, into the bedroom beyond, and there he was.

Dante…

Sleeping on her bed peacefully.

His shirt was unbuttoned, his wrist draped across his forehead like he was dreaming something deep and unbothered. He didn’t stir, didn’t even flinch. I stood there, staring at the man who had once promised me the world, and felt the quiet tearing of something inside me that I didn’t realize had been holding me together.

I didn’t scream. I didn’t cry.

I walked into the room, stood beside him for a moment, staring at the unfamiliar rise and fall of his chest before I glanced at Karen, who followed me sil
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