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CHAPTER 16

作者: Teju writes
last update publish date: 2026-06-20 21:03:51

Alejandro's POV

The morning after almost kissing Camila is a disaster, not because anything actually happened, but because nothing happened, and that's worse.

I barely sleep because every time I close my eyes, I see her sitting beside me beneath the vineyard lights with her hand in mine and her eyes locked on mine, and by sunrise I'm already regretting every decision that brought me to that bench.

Then Dylan appears like a curse sent specifically to ruin my life.

By the time I walk onto the
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