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CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT: THE LAST STRAW

Author: Miss_Valentine
last update Last Updated: 2023-12-24 00:38:28
ANNIKA’S POV

That night, I cried so hard. A feeling of relief and sadness washed over me. It was freeing to know that it's over, and yet, a part of me aches at the same thought. Jade and I spent the night with alcohol, oblivious to the fact that we both have work the following day.

Jade was silently comforting me, gently patting my shoulders and stroking my back. I was silent too, but my tears were loud. They kept on falling like it was the only way for me to finally let it go. I didn't know how the night ended, but I woke up the next day feeling way better, though my eyes couldn't lie for me.

When I got to work, Aries didn't say anything about my eyes looking so red and puffy. We were quiet the whole morning. Aries had a meeting with a potential investor by the afternoon, and he let me come with him to record the minutes of their meeting. Somehow, I was grateful because it took my mind off my worries. It distracted me from thinking about Caspian and me.

“Are you okay?” Aries finally a
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Lilys
Hope the chapters can be updated more frequently with much progress in the plot..I often need to read up previous chapters to remember what happened last ..
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Lilys
Can imagine Julie was using her son to make Caspian go back to them and do his ‘duty’ as a father when she had been doing the same with her pregnancy. It worked then so I m not surprised it will work again esp now he and Annika have no more of getting back together
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Lilys
Wait… Annika hadn’t signed the divorce paper yet? Thought she did.. and was just waiting for Caspian to complete his..
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