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CONFESSIONS AND ALCOHOL

Author: Roxxanne
last update publish date: 2026-02-19 20:55:00
Damian's Pov

I drove without knowing where I was going at first.

I just drove with my windows down, the cold air hitting my face, the city blurring past in streaks of light and shadow.

"It's an arrangement."

Scarlet's voice kept playing on repeat in my head. Calm. Matter-of-fact. Explaining to her five-year-old son that what we had wasn't about love.

"It's not really love."

I laughed. Actually laughed out loud in the empty car and it sounded wrong even to me.

Six years. I'd spent six year
Roxxanne

WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN NEXT? WILL DAMIAN MAJE SOME BAD DECISIONS THAT MIGHT DESTROY EVERYTHING HE HOLDS DEARLY? OR WILL BE ABLE TO OVERCOME THIS TEMPTATION IN FRONT OF HIM? WELL FLIP THE PAGE TO FIND OUT🤭🩷

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