Chapter 41: The Truth Behind the Lie
Silence.
But this time… it wasn’t just heavy.
It was devastating.
Isabella Vicks felt like the ground beneath her had disappeared.
Everything inside her—every instinct, every memory, every moment she had shared with Damien Hayes—clashed violently with what she had just heard.
I’ll join you.
The words echoed in her mind like something sharp and unforgiving.
Her chest rose and fell unevenly as she stared at him, searching his face for something—anything—that would tell her this wasn’t real.
That there was something more.
A hidden meaning.
A signal.
But Damien stood still.
Composed.
Unreadable.
And that… hurt the most.
“You don’t mean that,” she said again, her voice softer now, almost pleading.
Astra watched the moment carefully.
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