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57. Redemption

Author: Hermajesty
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-10 15:46:34

~Lucas~

I scoffed inwardly, gripping the stem of my wineglass with more force than necessary. Did she really just say she wanted to terminate the contract?

Seriously, Sienna? The audacity.

I set the glass down carefully, not trusting my temper not to shatter it.

How could she think of walking away, severing the one thing tying us together? The mere thought twisted in my chest like a dagger. I didn’t know if I wanted to lash out, demanding to know why she would give up so easily, or pretend I didn’t care.

But I cared. I cared more than I wanted to admit.

For the past two days in India, she’d haunted my every thought. I’d scrolled through her socials countless times, a small, stupid smile tugging at my lips whenever I saw her pictures. The part of me that I kept buried—the part that craved love despite the scars Lydia— my ex left—had wanted to let it all go. To forget about her connection to Grant, to forget about the circumstances that kept pulling us apart.

But now? Now she was tryin
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