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Chapter 59

Author: GhostWritz
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-01 03:22:10

Andrew's POV

The silence in the room felt suffocating. I stood by the window, my back to Sage and just when I thought I was starting to understand and to move another obstacle and another reason for distance, presented itself. It felt like a cosmic joke, designed specifically to torment me.

"Andrew, please," her voice was a raw whisper behind me, laced with desperation. "Don't you believe me?"

Believe her? After the elaborate charade with Kay? After the web of deceit she'd spun to "protect" Pauline? My trust that already fractured now felt like it had just been hit by another blow.

I finally turned, my expression grim. "Believe you, Sage? After everything that's happened? You concocted an entire fake relationship to manipulate Pauline, all while knowing how I felt. And now when I'm trying to offer you a way forward, a chance to be honest with each other you suddenly have an uncancelable, all-important event in New York?" My voice was low, controlled but the tremor beneath it betrayed
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