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End game.

Author: Toria_writes
last update publish date: 2026-07-16 06:36:26

Ivan.

I adjusted my jacket around her shoulders carefully as we walked toward the car. The fabric practically swallowed her whole, but she still pulled it tighter around herself anyway.

She was quiet.

Not the comfortable kind either.

The exhausted kind.

The kind where someone looked fine on the outside but you could practically hear the weight of their thoughts pressing down on them.

I hated it.

I hated that today happened at all.

The image kept replaying in my head no matter how hard I tried t
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Linda
Aahhh…loving where it’s going. Too adorable these two. I just hope Gia is not suffering more than is realized.
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