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Chapter 139

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last update publish date: 2026-04-28 22:37:02

EMILY

I didn’t trust Lucas.

I knew that much the moment I saw him standing there under the dim flicker of the parking garage light.

Still… I didn’t walk away.

Because whatever this was, whatever he thought he had, it had dragged me out here at night despite every instinct screaming at me to stay home.

And that alone made it dangerous.

“You said you had something,” I said finally, folding my arms as I kept a careful distance between us. “Start talking.”

Lucas studied me for a second like he wa
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