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Chapter 67: Just Take My Hand

ผู้เขียน: Nailynn
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CLAIRE

The click of billiard balls and classic rock echoed through the pub, settling over me like armor.

I tossed back another sip of vodka cranberry, just strong enough to numb the ache but sweet enough to trick myself into thinking it was fun.

I laughed as the guy I’d been flirting with made a ridiculous trick shot. He missed, badly. We both laughed harder.

Laughter feels better than silence. Especially the kind that crawls into your chest and doesn’t leave.

I grabbed my phone, aimed the front camera, and snapped a picture, me draped across this stranger’s shoulders, a drink in one hand, the other tossed lazily around his neck. I looked like chaos in a cocktail dress.

Pretty from a distance. A disaster up close.

I sent it to Sofie with no caption. Let them think what they want. Let Stephen see it.

The guy wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me closer.

“One night with you,” he said, voice low and cocky, “and I’d burn down my whole damn life. Worth it.”

I forced another laugh an
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