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Chapter 76

Author: Gia Hunter
last update publish date: 2026-05-05 00:33:16

TARA

Acceptance wasn’t easy, but denial was.

What I had been through scarred me for life. I smiled, but I wasn’t myself. I felt like a stranger in my own body. I felt like a walking corpse as I walked into his stunning modern mansion. My heart, my soul, my mind were somewhere, hidden, still locked up in a dark place.

Fully naked, I stepped inside his glass-walled shower room. He also took off his clothes, only in his boxers, as he joined me. He turned on the water and adjusted the temperature
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