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Chapter Seventy-Four: Heartbreak
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2024-10-29 19:42:56The clock ticked loudly on the wall across from her, but no matter how hard Serenity tried to concentrate on the pictures of the winter collection displayed before her, she couldn’t. She hadn’t seen much of Xander all week and not only was it worrying her, it was pissing her off.
Lifting the phone to her ear, she called his number for the fourth time, but like before all she got was voicemail and the messages she sent all had a blue tick beside it with no response.
“Screw this.” Serenity shut her laptop and snatched the purse from the corner of her desk on her way out.
If he wanted to stay out of the house all day and night to avoid her, she had no problem seeking him out to find out why.
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