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CHAPTER 25

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~ETHAN WILDER~

“Shit!” I punched my steering wheel softly, then scratched the back of my neck, groaning as I pushed my fingers into my hair and ran it back and forth.

I was stuck in traffic.

“Why is she so stubborn?” I complained to myself as I stared at the back of a brown car in front of me, my thoughts tirelessly circling back to Alina. I had gone through all the horrible what-ifs in my head and all they did was make me want to turn the car around and make her change her mind.

Didn't she
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