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Chapter 44: Rage and Heartbreak

Author: Ihechiink
last update publish date: 2026-03-20 22:30:25

Damien's POV

I sat in my office for four hours after Serena left.

I canceled the afternoon case review. I told Linda I did not need anything and she gave me the specific look she gave when she disagreed with something I had said but had decided not to say so, and she left and closed the door. I poured the first scotch at two thirty. By six it was the third and I had not touched the files on my desk and the city outside the window had gone dark without my noticing it happen.

I did not want to be
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