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CHAPTER 5: Breaking Point

Author: Vee Okon
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-01-21 00:30:51

Scarlett's POV

The silence in the house was suffocating. Every creak of the floorboards, every hum of the air conditioning, and every tick of the grandfather clock in the hallway felt like it was mocking me. I stared at Madison's text for the hundredth time, the photo burning itself into my retinas. Evidence. Blackmail. Destruction wrapped up in a single image.

I couldn't think here. Couldn't breathe. The walls were closing in, and all I could see was Cade's face when he'd walked away, tortured
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