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Chapter 167

Penulis: Peggy's lovestories
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-04-22 19:42:18

The quiet didn’t feel like an ending.

It felt like something that had finally stopped trying to prove itself.

—

Morning came slower than usual.

Not because anything had changed—

but because nothing needed to be rushed.

Soft light filtered through the windows, stretching across the floor in long, pale lines. The apartment held that stillness that only came after everything had settled into place.

Ariana woke first.

She didn’t move right away.

Her head rested against Mateo’s shoulder, his arm loo
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    Nothing about it announced itself as a turning point.It just stopped feeling like something that needed to be watched so closely.—Cami came in later than usual that day.Not late in a way that meant anything.Just different enough to be noticed.She stepped inside, closed the door, and stayed there for a moment.Not hesitation.Just awareness.Then she exhaled.“Hi.”Ariana looked up from the couch.“Hey.”Mateo nodded from where he sat nearby.“Hi.”Cami didn’t move further in immediately.Her eyes moved across the room, slower than before.Not searching.Just taking it in.Like she was noticing something she hadn’t had to notice for a while.—“You’re thinking again,” Ariana said lightly.Cami let out a faint breath.“Yeah.”A pause.“But it’s not the same kind anymore.”She finally walked in, dropping her bag by the couch.Ariana watched her sit.Not next to her

  • A Hot Daddy For Christmas   Chapter 178

    The days after that didn’t feel like they were “after” anything anymore.They just… continued.As if whatever line they had crossed had stopped being a point in time and become part of how things moved.—Cami stopped announcing her presence in subtle ways.She didn’t need to anymore.She came in, and the space didn’t adjust to her like it used to.It simply made room.Not because it had to.Because it already had.—That afternoon, Ariana was on the couch with a book she wasn’t fully reading.Mateo sat nearby, quiet in the way he often was when he didn’t feel the need to fill anything.The door opened.Cami stepped in.“Hey,” she said automatically.Not checking the room.Not gauging anything.Just… greeting.Ariana looked up.“Hey.”Mateo nodded.“Hi.”Cami closed the door and leaned her back against it for a second.Like she was taking a breath before stepping fully into the space

  • A Hot Daddy For Christmas   Chapter 177

    It didn’t feel like a shift anymore.More like a layer that had always been there finally becoming visible.—Cami came in earlier than usual.No warning text. No delay.Just the sound of the door opening and her presence filling the space like it belonged there without needing announcement.“Hi,” she said.Ariana looked up from where she was sitting on the couch.“Hey.”Mateo nodded from nearby.“Hi.”Cami closed the door behind her, then didn’t move right away.She just stood there for a moment.Not uncertain.Just… present in a different way than before.Like she was noticing how natural it had become to enter a space that used to feel like stepping into something delicate.—Then she walked in fully, dropping her bag by the couch.She didn’t sit immediately.Instead, she looked at them both.“I realized something yesterday,” she said.Ariana tilted her head slightly.“What?”Cami exh

  • A Hot Daddy For Christmas   Chapter 176

    The shift didn’t announce itself anymore.It just… stayed.Like something that had finally stopped asking permission to exist in their lives.—That morning, Ariana woke earlier than usual.Not because she had to.Not because anything was wrong.Just because her mind felt unusually quiet, and for once, she didn’t want to interrupt it.Mateo was still asleep beside her.His arm rested loosely across her waist, steady in a way that felt grounding without needing attention.Ariana looked at him for a moment.Not analyzing.Not thinking ahead.Just noticing.The way things had become… settled.Not finished.Not resolved.Just steady.—She got up carefully, not waking him.The apartment was still dim, the early light soft and unintrusive.She made coffee without turning on music.That was new.Silence used to feel like something missing.Now it felt like something held.—By the

  • A Hot Daddy For Christmas   Chapter 175

    It wasn’t a straight line.It never had been.But now, the turns didn’t feel like setbacks.They felt like part of the shape.—Cami didn’t show up the next day.Not unexpectedly.Not dramatically.Just… didn’t.Ariana noticed it in the morning, saw the empty space where her presence had become normal.But she didn’t reach for her phone immediately.Not this time.Mateo noticed her glance toward it.“She didn’t text,” he said.Ariana nodded.“Not yet.”A pause.“I’m not worried.”Mateo watched her for a second.“You’re waiting differently now.”Ariana considered that.“I think I am.”—The message came later.Busy today. I’m okay.Short.But steady.Ariana read it once.Then again.And this time, she didn’t try to read between anything.She just accepted it.Okay, she replied.See you when you’re back.No question marks.No tension.Just… s

  • A Hot Daddy For Christmas   Chapter 174

    Nothing changed overnight.But nothing stayed exactly the same either.That was becoming the pattern.Small shifts. Quiet adjustments. Things settling into new shapes without breaking anything apart.—Cami came back the next day.Same time. Same entrance. Same steady presence.But something about her felt more deliberate now.Not hesitant.Just… aware of every step she took into the space they shared.“Hi,” she said.Ariana looked up.“Hey.”Mateo nodded.“Hi.”Cami closed the door behind her, then paused for a second longer than usual.Not uncertainty.Just recognition.Of what this had become.—She didn’t immediately sit.Instead, she walked a slow circle through the room, like she was grounding herself in it.Not avoiding anything.Just… noticing.Then she sat down on the couch.Not next to Ariana right away.Leaving space.Intentional space.Ariana watched her,

  • A Hot Daddy For Christmas   Chapter 57

    Madrid was brighter today.The mist from yesterday had burned away, leaving behind a sharp winter sun that bounced off the glass façade of Hospital del Sol. The building gleamed — polished, immaculate, untouchable. From the outside, it looked invincible.Inside, it felt like a courtroom.Ariana not

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  • A Hot Daddy For Christmas   Chapter 51

    The fluorescent lights of the hospital had a way of making everything feel unreal. The corridors stretched longer than they should, the silence between patients almost deafening. Ariana moved like a ghost, her hands shaking slightly as she pushed the cart of supplies down the hallway. Every creak o

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  • A Hot Daddy For Christmas   Chapter 50

    Ariana tried to breathe. The monitors hummed, the sterile smell of disinfectant filled the air, and yet all she could feel was Mateo’s presence lingering in her skin, in the curve of her neck, in the tightening of her chest. She reminded herself: Professional. Keep it professional.She was restocki

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  • A Hot Daddy For Christmas   Moving Day

    Ariana stood her ground, her arms crossed, watching Mateo as he poured himself a drink. The intensity of their earlier argument still hung in the air, thick and suffocating."You’re really doing this, then," Mateo said, turning to look at her. He didn't use a title or a command; his voice was just

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