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Chapter 57

Author: A. Leilani
last update publish date: 2026-03-19 02:24:17

Chapter 57: Damien Is Acting Odd

ADRIA

The way he said my name—the fake one, the constructed one, the one that was mine and not mine—stopped me.

"You're apologizing for cuddling your husband."

I opened my mouth.

"In your own bed," he added.

I closed it.

He sat up slowly, the covers falling back, and ran a hand through his hair with the unhurried ease of someone who had slept well. He looked—and I noticed this despite every instinct telling me not to notice it—like a man who had gotten a full ni
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