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“Pinkie Promise”

Author: Chinwe
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-10-02 21:40:41

Vivienne POV

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The morning came with a pounding headache that pressed behind my eyes and sat heavy in my chest. I lay there staring at the ceiling, wishing for even a moment of peace, but it didn’t come.

I couldn’t tell if it was Damon’s insane words still echoing in my head, or if it was the anger I had carried into sleep. Maybe both. Either way, I felt weighed down, like my life had tilted off balance and refused to steady itself.

I rubbed my temples, whispering to myself, “What am I even doing anymore?”

The job I thought would be my escape—my way to rebuild after William, after everything—had only dragged me deeper into chaos. With Damon in my orbit, it wasn’t work anymore. It was a battlefield.

But it wasn’t just Damon. It wasn’t even the proposal, as sick as it made me feel. No, what gnawed at me, what ached sharper than any of it, was Liam.

I hadn’t seen him since that his birthday evening, the night everything fell apart. The memory of his face, his small smile, his voice ask
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