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CHAPTER FIFTY NINE

Author: Swiwi
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-02-25 17:32:55

GRAYSON’S POV

"You're really... gay?" My oldest friend repeated, this time louder than the last.

"That's just impossible!" He sat back and laughed. "I thought you were just..."

"I've known you since we were ten, Grayson, and you've never mentioned being attracted to men before."

"Perhaps not, but people change, I changed and I've asked him to marry me, we plan to tie the knot in four months, it's why I gathered you all here, to invite you to the wedding."

His eyes go wide as he chokes off his g
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