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CHAPTER 38

Author: Nightshade
last update publish date: 2026-03-15 10:13:20

ALYANA POV

The car ride into the city was quieter than I expected.

Not awkward quiet. Just… calm. The kind of silence where neither person felt the need to fill the space with random conversation.

Still, my nerves didn’t exactly settle.

I watched the city lights pass outside the window while Julian sat beside me, scrolling through something on his phone. His posture was relaxed, but there was a certain focus in the way his eyes moved across the screen.

“You’re still working?” I asked.

He glance
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