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Chapter Eighty-Three: Gaslighting

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Music seeps through the balcony doors and the people inside laugh, but the space between us is so silent that I can hear my heartbeat.

The words ‘he didn’t kiss me’ caress my tongue, but Niklaus did not mention kiss in particular, so if I bring it up… his suspicions will narrow.

“Answer me, Lucien.”

The words are quiet, so quiet that for a second, I wish he had shouted instead.

“Niklaus, listen-”

“Then tell me what I want to hear.”

His scent presses closer.

My body wants to lean into it, but my
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