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Chapter 52

Author: Anne Author
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-23 20:36:24

Jasmine’s POV

The first crack didn’t come with shouting or accusations.

It came quietly.

We were out later that evening nothing planned, nothing dramatic. Just dinner at a place Alexander liked, somewhere too polished for my comfort but familiar to him. He knew the staff by name. They knew his usual. I told myself it didn’t bother me.

I was wrong.

I noticed it when the hostess smiled a little too warmly as she led us to our table. When her eyes lingered on him a second longer than necessary. Alexander didn’t react didn’t encourage it, didn’t shut it down either. He was polite, distant, and controlled.

That should have reassured me.

Instead, something twisted low in my chest.

We sat across from each other, candlelight flickering between us. He was relaxed in a way I hadn’t seen before comfortable, assured, as this world belonged to him. I watched the way he spoke, the way people listened. The confidence wasn’t loud. It was effortless.

And suddenly, I was painfully aware of th
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