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Chapter 176

Author: Grace Grandi
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-16 02:15:59

Chapter 176

Damon’s POV

Heartbreak has a strange way of creeping up on you — not loud or dramatic, just quiet enough to hollow you out. It’s in the way your chest tightens at random hours, in the moments you scroll through your phone out of habit, then stop yourself before typing the name that still sits in your fingers like muscle memory.

That morning I had drove up to Lucas’ private penthouse, mostly to check on him, partly to get away from the emptiness of my own apartment. The second I walked through the gate, I noticed the laughter, the little spark that only new love gives off.

Piper was there. So was Gavin, it was terrible for me to bear, I regretted ever going there.

That evening, my sister, Clarissa, called. She had this annoying ability to sense when I was trying to brood.

“Still sulking?” she teased over the phone.

“Define sulking,” I said dryly.

She laughed. “Perfect. You sound miserable. That’s my cue. You’re going on a date.”

“Clarissa…”

“No excuses, Damon. Sh
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