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Nowhere feels safe

작가: Endian Fiction
last update 게시일: 2026-04-11 07:02:00

IVY POV

Morning came too fast.

For a split second, I forgot where I was. The bed was softer. The room unfamiliar. Sunlight streamed through massive windows instead of my tiny Chicago blinds.

Then it hit me.

New York.First day.

Kirkland & Ellis.…Manhattan branch.

I shot upright.

“Oh, my God.”

I grabbed my phone from the nightstand—6:42 AM.

Not late. Thank God cos are not repeating the mistake of yesterday.

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