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2024-11-08 11:18:27Gavriel's POV
Camille looked away, her pretty face sad and marred with tear streaks. It was barely twelve and the entire day had been a fucking roller coaster.
She had been asleep when I woke up around four am. I had worked on a few documents that I was supposed to handle yesterday, but since we had gone shopping and all, I hadn't been able to work on them.
By seven, I hit the gym in my home, trying to take my mind off the thousand and one things that plagued my thoughts. After an hour in the gym and another hour making breakfast, I walked back into the room to wake Camille up and she was gone.
At first, I had assumed that she couldn't wait to get home and apologize to her father. But when another hour passed and I hadn't heard from her, I called.
She ignored my calls. All of them. That was unlike Camille. I had suspected something
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