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Chapter 64: The Lie She Chose

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Clover

I stood at the balcony and watched Alarick walk to his car, and I stayed watching long after I should have stopped.

My teeth had found my lip and pressed down until it went from a habit to a small pain, and I kept them there.

There were too many things going at once and none of them would sit still.

He'd come here to accuse me, and that hurt worse than I'd let show downstairs. He'd left without proving a thing, and I was glad of that, but I hat
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