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CHAPTER 65

Author: Evey
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-09-09 00:59:36

The silence between Damon and me had grown louder than words.

Two days had crawled by since the boardroom incident, and still we hadn’t spoken beyond clipped exchanges. I did what I usually did when I wanted a distraction. I threw myself into training with a kind of desperate focus, pushing until my arms shook from sparring drills and my throat burned from the dry air. For every punch, every kick and every sparring match, I gave my all and pushed harder, hoping exhaustion would quiet the storm in my chest.

But even when sweat slicked my skin and my muscles trembled, I couldn’t escape him. His presence never left me.

He would just stand by the corner of the hall, sometimes at the entrance. His cool aura would attract some glances. Even though I eyes met multiple times, neither of us was brave enough to approach the other.

We avoided each other as if by unspoken agreement. But avoidance didn’t dull anything. It made everything worse. Every time I caught sight of him, heat crawled beneat
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