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CHAPTER 178: I LOVE HER

Author: Remi Winters
last update publish date: 2026-04-06 03:06:50

KNOX’S POV

“I said I’m not doing this, Rayana.”

“And I said we should have turned the plane around and you didn’t listen to that either.” She pulls her knees up, mirroring my position, two people sitting in a haunted hallway like children who’ve been sent to their rooms. “You’re doing exactly what your father did. You know that, right? Alexei pushed away everyone who tried to love him. Your mother tried to save him and he locked her in this house. I tried to love you and you walled me out until
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