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46: The Girl Left Standing

Auteur: Muleba Makukula
last update Date de publication: 2025-11-28 23:42:10

Arielle’s POV

The sound of the front door slamming echoed through the entire house like the world itself had snapped in half.

My legs nearly gave out.

One second, Cassian was in front of me, his eyes red and sorrowful, his voice breaking, calling me “the woman he loved” — and the next… he was gone.

Gone because of my family.

Gone because of me.

He was really gone because he chose the one thing I couldn’t choose for myself.

I stood there frozen, staring at the empty doorway as if he might sud
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