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Chapter 36: Better This Way
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Chapter 36: Better This Way
Brandon’s P.O.V
I threw the half-smoked cigarette onto the ground and squashed it under my boots, killing the spark.
The lights in her room were turned off, but I knew she was awake.
How many days had it been since I had last seen Faith? One day? Two? Why did it feel like it’s already been an eternity?
I placed a hand on my cheek; the sting from my father’s slap still resonating in my mind.
He had found out about David. Of course he had. David had turned out to be the son of one of his old employee’s. That’s how he had gotten a scholarship into the University in the first place.
But just like last time, luck had been on my side this time as well. Because the employee had been bound by an NDA and he had breached it, after taking a handsome amount of money for keeping his mouth shut as well as his son’s scholarship…
So this time as well…I had gotten away easily
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