Chapter 168
Author: Vicky
last update2026-06-11 21:20:15
Emily's fingers were moving before the call with Liam had even fully processed in her mind, pulling up Benjamin's name and hitting dial with the kind of urgency that comes from someone who has news they are absolutely burning to deliver.

The phone rang.

And rang.

And kept ringing, the sound of it stretching out into the particular emptiness of an unanswered call, that hollow, repetitive tone that starts to feel almost personal after a while, like a rejection delivered in the most passive way
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