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CHAPTER 59
~Spring's POV~
Rose blinked like I had just unravelled her deepest secret, and for a split second, I thought I had.
Then she laughed.
It was Loud, fake and so forced you'd know she was over trying.
I raised a brow and chuckled along, mirroring her energy. But we both stopped laughing at the same time as the tension snapped tight like a drawn string.
"What?" I asked coolly. "I thought this was a clown show and laughed at your performance."
Her smile dropped completely. Anger shimmered in her eyes as she glared daggers at me.
"You wish. I know you've been praying I disappear, wishing I was never born. But I'm not going anywhere. I'm as authentic as they come."
I tilted my head and kept my voice calm. "You wouldn't need to prove that if you were truly a Kaine by blood. But of course—you have to keep telling the world like some desperate soul begging for validation."
Her fingers clenched at her sides. She looked one second away from striking me.
