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Chapter 22: "The Night Panni Finally Tells The Truth"

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[The Night Panni Finally Tells The Truth]

“Some stories are wounds. Others are warnings. Tonight, Panni’s truth becomes both.”

For a long moment, neither of them spoke.

The underground parking lot was silent except for the low hum of the emergency lights. Panni’s chest rose and fell in shallow breaths as she gathered the courage she had avoided for years. Jinyan sat across from her—steady, unreadable, but waiting.

He wasn’t pressuring her.

He wasn’t interrogating her.

He was… present.

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