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Alexander

I drove away from Madison's café, my hands gripping the wheel like it might escape if I loosened my hold. The Aston Martin purred beneath me, all that expensive engineering wasted on a man whose thoughts kept circling back to a four-year-old boy with my eyes.

That hug.

Christ, that hug.

The kid had melted into me like I was someone safe. Someone trustworthy. Someone who deserved that kind of easy affection.

I didn't deserve it.

The GPS guided me back toward the hotel, but I barel
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