204.Chapter 204

The night was as thick as ink, and the silence was endless.

Clara stepped out of the shower, wide awake.

She stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the lake outside Vista Grande, her thoughts lingering on Sebastian's lie.

She thought, 'Innocent, huh?

'What kind of jerk says stuff like that?

'Sebastian, you used to be different.

Those old memories came crashing down on her again.

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