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Chapter 73

Author: Orange pen
last update publish date: 2026-03-06 22:29:05

JULIAN

I stared at her from across the room, unable to move.

Time seemed to stretch endlessly between us. Seconds slipped into minutes, yet neither of us took a single step.

It had been one long week.

The longest one week of my life.

Not long after leaving south Valley, after leaving Emily, I had been forced to confront a truth I hadn’t wanted to face. It had struck me somewhere on the trail and clung to me ever since, dogging my thoughts day and night.

My lust for Emily had changed.

It had gro
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