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Author: Luxie
last update Last Updated: 2025-01-30 17:41:45

Eve

I hadn't been outside for more than a minute before irritation flared through me. The sun was relentless, glaring down as if punishing me. I was searching for Crystal, and when I finally found her hunched under a palm tree, furiously typing on her phone.

Her head snapped up the moment she noticed me.

"What happened in there?" She narrowed her eyes. "Do I need to set that monster on fire?"

Despite myself, I smiled. "It's not what he did. It's what he didn't do." I leaned against the rough bark, folding my arms as I exhaled sharply.

Crystal waited.

"He makes it so hard," I muttered. "I want him, and at the same time, I hate him so much. It’s unnatural that he’s ignoring me. The way he looks at me—" I swallowed. "It makes me feel like I’m less than nothing."

She sighed and reached out, brushing her fingers against my cheek. "He doesn’t deserve you, Eve. Mate bond or not, that pig has no right to make you feel like this."

"It’s hard," I admitted, voice trembling. A humorless laugh bu
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