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CHAPTER THIRTY

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Emilio's POV

“I don't know what to say but I think I'd never do that.”

“You think? This is something that happens each and every day.” Mackenzie said. “You might think you're good for now but wait until the day when you're desperate comes. You would know how to be bad. Especially when someone that you know is involved. Particularly someone that you love.”

I swallowed as I looked at Mackenzie. It was probably my humanness that attracted Lucas to me. What happens if the humanness is gone. Would Lucas still love me the same way?

“Mackenzie—”

“—How do you know my name? I never told you that,” she cut in defensively.

“I heard your ex call you that before he left.” I said.

“Is that so?” She said, a slight smile appearing on her cheeks.

“I didn't take you for the kind to eavesdrop on somebody else's conversation.”

“Well, I couldn't help it. Vampire hearing, you know?”

She smirked.

“To you, would that be a good thing or a bad thing?”

“None. I'm pretty much in the middle of it if that's what
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