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The threats, the pleas, the arrogance—it was all the same script. For the first time, it no longer stirred her. Her heart was a stagnant pool, empty of him.
When his voice finally cracked into silence, she spoke, clear and resolute.
“No.”
“Goodbye, Adrian.”
She hung up. The screen went dark. With steady fingers, she pulled the SIM card free and dropped it into the trash bin.
From this moment on, Baybridge—and everything tied to Adrian—ceased to exist in her world.
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