Chapter 496
Author: Pen thinker
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Damien didn’t respond yet. He leaned back in his seat, letting her voice play gently through the speakers in the quiet of the car. The weight of everything he’d been dealing with lately pressed against his shoulders. He rubbed his temple, staring at the windshield.

Then Sophia took a breath and continued, “I don’t even know how it slipped out of my mouth. It just happened. I couldn’t help it. I didn’t want to lie or come up with another name… and thinking about going with someone else didn’t even cross my mind. That would’ve felt wrong. It would’ve felt like I was betraying us, even if nothing has officially started between us.”

Her voice cracked a little toward the end, and Damien could sense it. She wasn’t just asking for company. She was asking for reassurance for him to stand with her in front of others and let them see that she mattered to someone. That she mattered to him.

She then said, “I promise this won’t happen again. Just this once, please. I wouldn’t ask if it wasn’t impo
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