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CHAPTER 72: SELFISHNESS

作者: Scarlett T. W
last update 最終更新日: 2026-03-15 00:54:40

NIKOLAI

Lying in my hospital bed, I stared at the ceiling, waiting for the doctor to return. He had left a few minutes earlier to make a phone call to Reva, and the thought made my stomach churn.

The room was quiet except for the faint hum of the machines around me and the distant sound of carts rolling down the hallway. And the silence should have been calming, but it only made my thoughts louder. They never stopped.

My mind was gradually turning against me, and I was terrified because I fe
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