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Breaking the Mirror

Penulis: Ricky_writes
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-09-13 15:41:11

Chapter Eight

Alvarez’s POV

The message left my phone faster than my brain could stop it. Fourteen words. Fourteen words that burned through the silence of my apartment and made my chest feel like it was caving in.

Guess what, Maya. I fucked her. And you’re no better than me.

I dropped the phone onto the couch like it had bitten me. My head fell into my hands, fingers digging into my scalp. What the hell had I just done?

I didn’t even sleep with Sofia. I stopped it. I pushed her away. But instead of telling the truth, instead of holding on to the one shred of decency I had left, I sent a message designed to destroy Maya.

Because I was angry. Because I was broken. Because somewhere deep down, I wanted her to feel what I felt.

Empty.

But the second it was sent, regret sank its claws into me. There was no taking it back.

The silence of the apartment mocked me. The walls, the bottles on the counter, the faint smell of Sofia’s perfume still clinging to the air—it all remi
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