β―ππππ~πππ'π ππππππ β― (πππ πππππ βΏ ππ ππππππ) ππππ‘π‘ππ ππ¦ π΅ππππππ14 Β©2025Β© π‘π πππππππ14 No part of this book should be published, copied or translated or i Sue you. It's been signed under fβ¦ckin platforms and apps. You copy, you get sued! β CHAPTER (24) TWENTY FOUR MAI'S POV The clock ticked louder the closer it got to midnight. 11:42β¦ 11:56β¦ 11:59β¦ Still no sign of Roman. The mansion was quietβtoo quiet. He hadnβt come back all day. I kept pacing, phone in hand, staring at his name on the screen. I wanted to call him. I wanted him to say something that made this twisting in my gut stop. But every time my thumb hovered over the call buttonβ¦ I stopped. What would I even say? β"Hey, Roman, I think Caleb and Zoey betrayed me and now some stranger is texting me to meet

