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# 71 The Bitter Truth
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2024-12-16 07:01:15The pain of Willow’s slap was nothing compared to the wound Gia felt upon hearing Lonan’s words.
“Don’t tell me you haven’t felt anything strange, Gia. I’ve never even tried to sleep with you! Doesn’t that make you wonder?"
“SHUT YOUR MOUTH, LONAN!” Raven snapped again, his fists clenched tightly at his sides as he restrained himself from hitting him.
Gia, meanwhile, glanced fiercely between the two men. Memories of her struggle to overcome the despair from that incident flashed in her mind. It had taken her a long time to live normally again and stop burying herself in distractions to forget the pain.
And now, two bitter truths ripped open the wounds she thought had healed, forcing them to bleed anew.
Gia couldn’t comprehend
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