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Not the one he used with me.
“God,” he said, exhaling sharply. “She is so suffocating. I almost slipped and called her by your name again.”
My chest locked. My fingers tightened until my knuckles burned. I looked at the dashboard. The call timer was still counting upward, green numbers ticking like a quiet bomb.
He had not hung up.
For a moment, I continue reading …
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