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Chapter 12

Author: June
last update publish date: 2026-05-01 19:16:00

Eve’s POV

Outside the office, the city was bright and bustling and completely indifferent to the fact that my entire future was being held together by a marriage of convenience and sheer stubbornness. I walked beside Devin in silence for half a block before he spoke.

"You're doing the thing again."

"What thing?"

"The thing where you go quiet and I can hear you thinking too hard." He glanced at me sideways. "W
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