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Chapter 70- Why Is She Here?

Author: Lauren
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-27 18:04:12

Candice POV

Before I could even ask a single question, he spoke.

He gave that arrogant smile of his and sat down on the couch like he owned the place.

““I know what you’re thinking,” he said calmly. “You’re wondering why I’m here, right?”

He leaned forward a bit, resting his elbows on his knees, and stared at me like he already knew everything I was about to say.

“You’re wondering why I’m here. What I’m doing at your door… especially like this, without warning.”

I stayed silent.

He smirked. “So… let me save you the energy. I’ll answer before you ask.”

He casually looked around the small apartment. Then he turned back to me.

“I came back for Dorian and Alora’s wedding,” he said with a little shrug, like it was no big deal. “And since I was already in town… I thought, why not pay you a visit too?”

Something in my chest twisted

So this was it.

He wasn’t here to ‘say hello’ or drop off gifts out of kindness.

He was here to rub salt into a wound that hadn’t even started healing yet.

I fol
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