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2026-07-07 00:29:53“What?”
I held the glass out toward him, and before his fingers even touched it, the scent reached him. Romeo turned his head to the side, taking a small step back in discomfort.
“I’m not surprised she tried to poison you,” he said, taking the glass. “I’m surprised you actually drank it.”
I shrugged.
“I wanted to see how far she'd go,” I replied, wiping my nose again, cleaning away the last of the dried bl
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She never looked away.Her eyes were too wide, following me until the very end, as though she expected to see something happen right there in front of her. I found myself wondering what was going through her mind at that moment. Whether there was regret. Whether there was hope. Whether, for even a single second, she believed it would actually work.I lowered my arm slowly and let the empty glass fall beside the bed.Then I stood.Melany released the breath she had been holding, her shoulders relaxing just slightly, as though her body had reacted before she could stop it.There was no turning back.For either of us.“It’s a good thing you came,” I said, keeping my voice steady, as though nothing had shifted out of place.I had already let her go too far to turn back now. I couldn’t allow her to realize that a few drops of poison would never be enough to bring me down.She didn’t know.
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