Chapter 29
Chapter 29: The Unraveling Lila sat frozen in her seat, her heart racing as Lucas’s words hung in the air like a heavy fog. Ethan’s hidden truths, Alexis’s sudden appearance, and now Lucas’s cryptic warning—all of it swirled together into an overwhelming mass of confusion, fear, and uncertainty. She couldn’t understand why everything felt so tangled, why every thread of her life seemed to be fraying before her eyes. “What do you mean, Lucas?” Lila finally found her voice, though it was barely a whisper. “What’s this about Ethan? What is he hiding?” Lucas leaned back in his chair, his eyes filled with something Lila couldn’t quite read. He was a different person than the one she had once known—the carefree, charming artist who had stolen her heart. There was a seriousness to him now, a w
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