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85. Ruin & Confusion.

Penulis: Merra Gischan
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DAMON’S POV

She was there.

Sadie.

Standing in my bedroom doorway like a ghost I hadn’t summoned, her eyes burning into me, sharp and quiet all at once. She looked like she had been gutted but was too proud to fall apart in front of me.

And then—Bella.

Sprawled across my bed.

My bed. My jaw almost locked at the sight.

Because I knew damn well I had told her to wait in my workroom earlier. I hadn’t told her to come in here. I sure as hell hadn’t told her to strip down and roll herself into my sheets like some cheap stage act.

The timing was too perfect. Too poisonous.

The moment I stepped out of the shower, towel slung low around my hips, water sliding down my chest, Sadie’s eyes collided with mine.

Shock flickered across her face, a blade cutting both of us at once.

And I hated it.

Not because she had walked in on me like this—but because I knew what it looked like. What it must have looked like. I didn’t want her seeing me this way. Not this twisted picture. Not with Bella on my bed,
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