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Chapter 10 - Here to Stay

작가: Steph Starry
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꧁ Marisella ꧂

He catches me in time before I crash backward onto Mom’s resting form. His fingers scald my back with heat not nearly as strong as the one that pools in my belly.

Get it together, I chide myself.

My heart slams in my chest.

He’d followed me in?

I spin the surprise to loathing, glaring at him. But he doesn’t even see me, his gaze is transfixed on Mom.

Shock, sadness, and fear play on his face like a montage.

He parts his lips to speak, but I shut him up with a hand over his
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