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When Secrets Walk In

Author: Oma
last update publish date: 2026-01-06 12:20:03

HANNAH’S POV:

I could feel Elijah’s presence behind me, tense and silent as soon as I reached the ground floor. He didn’t move, but I sensed his confusion, his guard slowly rising as Maya’s erratic energy filled the room.

“Maya, let’s talk outside,” Jacob said firmly this time, his tone edged with warning. “Now’s not the time or the place.”

“The time or the place?” she repeated mockingly. “You mean like how it wasn’t the time or the place when you showed up at my apartment and—”

“Maya, stop!” J
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Camilita Vargas
Maya is unbearable. Posing like a poor victim, when the innocent one is Cherry. She did it not only to expose Jacob, but mainly to hurt Cherry on purpose. I have no sorority connection with women like her.
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