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10. Intimate

Author: Hika
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Chapter 10

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Estelle’s POV

I swallowed, licked my lips, and looked away while rolling my eyes. “What now? You’re going to accuse me of being a spy? Anything to feed your narrative, is it not?”

Zen’s hands latched onto my face gently and made me face him. “I never said anything like that, Estelle. I’ll repeat your words to you: who hurt you that makes you think the way that you? But I mean, I already know.”

“Well, I didn’t stick around to listen much,” I told him, blinking rapidly to fight my tears. To say I felt overwhelmed would have been an understatement.

“Like, just let me go wherever I want to go. I can't just stay here.”

“And so I let you go wherever you want to go, Estelle? You get killed on the road or something. And if you don't get killed, is there any place who would welcome you as much as I have welcomed you?”

“If that is your definition of welcome, then I'm sure that I am not educated properly.”

Zen scoffed and let out a huff. “So what happens to your revenge arc? I t
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