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Chapter 63

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Leah’s POV

The silence is unbearable.

It stretches between us, thick, suffocating, pressing in on my chest like an unseen force. It’s the kind of silence that drowns out even the loudest thoughts, leaving behind only the weight of what has been said—and what hasn’t.

Dwight hasn’t moved.

He stands near the window, his posture tense, his hands curled into fists. His eyes are distant, unreadable, locked somewhere beyond the present moment. But I know what he’s thinking. I can feel it in the air between us.

He’s regretting this.

Not the truth. Not telling me. But being here. Standing in front of me. Giving me a piece of himself that he had sworn to keep buried.

And I… I don’t know what to do with it.

The truth has changed everything. And yet, it has changed nothing at all.

Then, a sharp, jarring sound shatters the silence.

My phone.

The sudden vibration against the glass coffee table sends a ripple through the stillness, a stark contrast to the heaviness in the room.

I flinch.

My eyes dro
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