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Chapter 122: Cruel

Penulis: Avvi Keller
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My head shook automatically, small, frantic motions, my chest rising and falling in shallow, uneven breaths. "I—I don’t—what are you—?"

Caroline pressed forward, her voice calm but firm. "Regan and Zarina—this is what’s best, Anastasia. You need to understand. The child, their child, deserves—"

The words sliced through me like a jagged blade, making me flinch as if she had physically struck me. My ears started ringing, drowning out whatever else she was saying.

Zarina’s child.

Regan’s child.

The bile rose so fast in my throat that I thought I would throw up again. My vision blurred, my hands shaking uncontrollably as I forced myself to focus on Caroline’s face. She was still talking—explaining, justifying, yapping—but the words jumbled together into meaningless noise. I barely recognized my own voice when I finally spoke. It was hoarse, breathless.

"Is this…" I swallowed hard, forcing the words out, "…because Zarina is pregnant?"

Caroline visibly tensed. For the first time, she falter
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she is certainly a losserI will kick his butt to the curb
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loser why don't your let him go he doesn't love & his family hates you.Ana wake up there are many suitable & much better man for you
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