CHAPTER 145: LUNCH CONFESSIONSDAMIEN:“You look exhausted,” she said, sitting beside me. “Did you fix the card thing?”I leaned back, rubbing my temples. “That’s a long story.”“Tell me,” she urged.“Later,” I said with a weak smile. “Right now, I just need to eat something before I start talking about that whole circus.”She laughed lightly. “That bad, huh?”“Worse,” I said. “You wouldn’t believe the kind of crap I had to deal with today.”“Okay,” she said, standing up. “Then I’ll make you something. You need to eat so you don't have to add starvation to the list of the problems.”“Please do. Or I'll eat you in place of lunch right now,” I said, smirking a little.“Yeah, right,” she teased, already walking toward the kitchen. “By the time you’re done eating, you can tell me everything. I’ve got time.”I watched her disappear into the kitchen, and for the first time all day, I felt a tiny bit of peace.The house was quiet. The sunlight poured through the windows, glinting off the mar
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