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Chapter 136: Unspoken Things

作者: Ayla Ren
last update 公開日: 2026-11-06 20:53:42

The quiet after the conversation felt different.

It was not the controlled silence Xavier usually imposed, and it was not the tense quiet that followed one of our fights. This one sat heavier, like both of us had spent something we did not know how to replace. I moved through the next day in small, careful motions. Xavier worked from the study with the door open. He answered two calls in a voice that was shorter than usual. When Mrs. Gable asked about dinner, he only said, "Whatever is fine."

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