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Chapter 114

Autor: Sarah.D
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I was still in my office, frozen in place and staring at the television screen even though the broadcast had moved on to the announcer.

My mind kept replaying Jaime's words, his face as he looked directly into the camera as if he was speaking to me.

The sound of the door bursting open barely registered. Lisa's voice echoed and it was sharp with concern, that finally cut through my shock.

"Alessa! Oh my God, what happened?"

I blinked, looking down. The vase that had been on my desk lay shattered across the floor.

I didn't even remember knocking it over.

"I…" I tried to say something, but my voice came out hoarse.

Lisa was already pulling out her phone, thrusting it toward my face. "Have you seen this? Social media is exploding. Everyone's talking about it."

I looked at the screen, showing me feed of Instagram and it was flooded with clips from the screenshots of Jaime's speech.

Most of them were filled with speculations of Jaime still pining after me and a possible chance of reconcilia
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