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Chapter 29: The Final Pieces
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The days that followed felt like a quiet transformation, a slow shift from uncertainty to something closer to peace. Sophie and Jake had spent so much time fighting their own fears, their own hesitations, but now… now, they were finally moving forward. Together.
It wasn’t perfect—nothing ever was—but it was real. And for the first time, that was enough.
The rumors about them had only grown louder after the premiere. Speculation ran wild in the tabloids, articles dissecting every look they exchanged, every moment they spent together.
And yet, for once, Sophie didn’t care.
One morning, as she sat on her couch scrolling through headlines, she fe
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