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WHEN HE CAME BACK

Author: Ria Noir
last update publish date: 2026-08-09 01:17:34

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: WHEN HE CAME BACK

SERENA'S POV

I was still awake when the front door finally opened.

The sky outside the windows had turned totally dark. The television was still on mute, the red stock chart frozen on the screen from hours earlier. My phone sat on the cushion beside me.

The house had been silent for so long that the sound of the door felt louder than it should have.

I checked the time and it was one in the morning.

Then I heard footsteps crossing the foyer.

I stood up s
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