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Author: Grace Grandi
last update publish date: 2026-01-26 00:09:27

Chapter 165

Cynthia’s POV

I felt weak… lightheaded, hollow.

Yet somehow, both Ethan and Bryan were hovering over me, each of them gripping an arm, steering me toward the chair like I was on the verge of collapsing. I wasn’t dying. I’d simply given blood. Still, the tension between them crackled so fiercely it felt charged, like a live wire stretched too thin.

When I was finally seated, Ethan barely let go before turning on the nurse, his composure already unraveling. He pressed her again an
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