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The War Around Me

Author: Amaris kade
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-05-16 05:44:04

(Melissa pov)

The ride home was silent but not peaceful, It was a suffocating living silence that wrapped around my throat and squeezed, every breath felt stolen. The city lights blurred past the tinted windows like dying stars, but nothing outside could touch the storm raging inside this car.

I sat beside Adriano, close enough to feel the heat radiating from his body, yet miles away in the weight of everything unsaid. He wasn’t on his phone. He wasn’t barking orders at Luca. He simply sat ther
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