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CHAPTER 52: Bets Placed - Jaja

  JAJAS POV...

  The unknown about me and Sofia had lingered over the palace for some time now. It hung in the trees that turned Mahji into a jewelled world on moonlit nights.?

  I hid from the answers just as much as I had longed to know them. Words that carry so much value and power that can keep two souls apart who should love and cherish one another, dare to fill me with fear.?

  As Sofia turns in my embrace, her gaze meets mine and I say a silent prayer to the goddess. If she formally rejects me, I don't know what I will do with myself once the rage takes over me.?

  "I don't want you," She says once again crushing my soul.?

  I open my mouth and she presses her finger against my lips, silencing me which causes my brows to pinch together.

  "I don't want you because I need you like my heart needs its next beat." She licks her lips as her gaze lowers to my lips. "Kiss me."?