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Chapter 88

Author: Six Cats
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-08 15:56:48

RYAN'S POV~

The construction site was eerily silent, the moonlight casting shadows on the half-built structures. The men on the night shift seemed small and insignificant. Their voices echoed through the empty streets, muted by the wind that whistled through the remains of the unfinished building.

I looked at the construction site, but my mind was focused on something else entirely. Isabella.

Isabella was always on my mind. I wondered what she was doing right now. Was she awake, busy? Maybe I could have brought her a coffee or a freshly-squeezed juice, but I knew that she wouldn’t want to see me. The thought sent a wave of pain through my chest, tightening my heart like a vice.

I hated the way we were now. Once lovers, now strangers. I couldn’t bear the distance between us, and I was determined to do whatever it took to win her back.

I turned away from the construction site, the men’s voices fading into the distance. The night air felt even colder now, and my heart pounded as I walke
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