Chapter 240: I learned

Chapter 240: I learned

The bar was dimly lit, the jazz low and slow, like the kind of music that filled silence rather than broke it.

Ethan sat alone at the far end, one hand wrapped around a glass of whiskey. The first sip burned — not enough to drown anything, but just enough to let him feel it. He wasn’t sure why he was here. Maybe to forget. Maybe to feel something else. Or maybe he was just tired of pretending to be the strongest person in every room.

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