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Chapter 55

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Her naturally cold expression became even colder because of my question. She leaned on the sofa with his legs crossed. I stared at her, I didn't look away despite the emptiness I felt because of the coldness that I couldn't match.

"Don't you want to be with your daughter? Don't you want to be her mother?" I asked again before I could stop myself.

Her gaze sharpened at me at the same time as her jaw clenched as a sign of restraint. But because I know her and I've seen this kind of reaction from her more than a few times, I know that she's not mad or something.

it's more like she's battling with herself. More like her mind contradicts what she wants to do. Proof is there that his two eyebrows meet more and more. She was the one who looked away first, letting herself drown in her battles.

"Do you know what I was doing before I came here?" she asked me with a distant look.

I didn't answer. I just kept looking at him waiting for him to continue. Being friends with Katiya for a period
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