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Chapter 12: Mrs Parker?!

Author: Clara’s Pen
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-05-14 20:35:38

OLIVIA’S POV

I woke up slowly.

That was the first strange thing. I never woke up slowly. For weeks it had been eyes snapping open at three in the morning with my heart already racing, already counting bills, already rehearsing conversations I was dreading. Sleep had become something that happened to other people.

But this morning I surfaced gradually, like something being lifted gently from deep water. The mattress was softer than anything I had ever slept on. The room was quiet in a way my ap
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