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Chapter 85: The Wrong Question
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2026-04-17 13:00:36(Lena POV)
I stood at the sink after the door closed and listened to his footsteps go down the step and fade out along the lane, and then I turned the tap on and filled a glass and drank half of it standing there looking at the dark window.
No. That was the true answer. I was not sleeping with Ryan.
I set the glass down and picked it back up and drank the rest of it.
That was also not the complete answer and I knew it and Kai had looked at my face
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