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44. A Reluctant Decision
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2024-10-29 19:42:56ZACK
I glared at her. Goddess! She was so damn stubborn. That got her to shut up. She blinked at me as if I had just spoken a foreign language.
‘Taylor’s sister-in-law? She’s like thirty-three…’ She looked confused.
Don’t I know it?
I was just a few months younger than Raven, I knew she was doing the math.
‘But… She’s been mated for like twelve years…’ She replied, I could hear the realisation settle into her voice.
Guilt flitted through me as she turned her blazing eyes on me.
‘Look I'm not proud of it, but it happened just before I found out he was my mate. I was eighteen and an older woman hitting on you… It wasn’t that hard to fall for it. It was just sex.’ I sighed in frustration. ‘So just… stay out of it.’
‘No… I don’t get it. She cheated on her mate? Goddess! Her mate is such a good person too… Channing has always been so nice, he was injured…’
Although Kiara was able to save his life, there wasn’t much s
Moonlight MuseThank you for reading! I know many people are sewing the chapter count and thinking we are so deep into the story we are only roughly 66k words in. :)
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