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Running Away

Author: BaeVida
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CHAPTER 69

~Kaia’s POV~

I knew Blaze was a jerk, but I never realized just how much of an obnoxious, useless jerk he was until today.

Hot tears streamed down my cheeks as the memory of our conversation replayed over and over in my head like a broken record. His words cut deeper than I thought they ever could.

“You’re not a replacement, Kaia.”

Liar.

“You mean nothing to me beyond this contract.”

How dare he?

I paused mid-stride in the mansion’s wide hallway, wiping my tears with the back of my hand.

“No,” I muttered aloud to myself. “Kaia, you messed up. You did this to yourself. You should have known better. To him, this was nothing more than a joke.”

The realisation was like a slap in the face. Blaze didn’t care about me. I had let myself believe we were something more, that maybe—just maybe—he could see me. Not Iris. Not a look-alike. Not a pawn in his games. Me.

But I had been wrong. So wrong.

I took a deep breath and squared my shoulders, my chest tightening as ang
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