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CHAPTER 45

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CHAPTER 45

JULIAN'S POV

FLASHBACK

I leaned back in my chair, the dim lighting of the bar casting long shadows over my features. The woman in my lap trailed kisses along my jawline, her hands wandering with an eagerness I barely acknowledged. I had picked her out of the crowd without much thought, seeking nothing but a temporary escape from the ghosts that haunted me.

But as her lips pressed against me, something inside me recoiled, like I was repulsed. The touch was wrong. It wasn’t what I wanted. It wasn’t who I wanted.

I grabbed her wrists and pulled back, my expression darkening. "Get out."

The woman blinked in confusion, her lips still parted from our unfinished kiss. "What? But I thought—"

"I said get out," I repeated, y voice laced with a growl.

She rose to her feet, a disbelieved scoff escaping her lips. “I thought they were all rumors, turns out they were true after all."

I shot her a glare, my eyes cold, but she didn't seem phased. A courageous one. "What does that mean?"
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