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Linda Second Move

Author: Naya
last update publish date: 2026-11-13 18:57:54

The parcel arrived on a Thursday afternoon, just as I was preparing to leave for the Leith site.

James brought it into my office with a stack of documents balanced against his chest. He placed everything on my desk, then pointed at the small brown package.

“This one came for you.”

I glanced at the label.

My name was written in neat handwriting, followed by the address of our office on George Street. There was no company logo, no return address, and no indication of what was inside.

“Who deliver
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    I was halfway through reviewing the revised structural drawings when Ethan placed a cup of tea beside my laptop.“You’ve been staring at that same page for nearly ten minutes,” he said.“I haven’t.”“You have.”I glanced at the clock in the corner of my screen. It was almost eleven, and I had been in the office since eight. I had promised myself I would finish the outstanding calculations before lunch, but my attention kept wandering back to the conversation I had shared with Linda the previous afternoon.Ethan pulled out the chair beside my desk.“How did you sleep?”“Fine.”He gave me a look.“Zara.”“What?”“You were awake when I came to bed.”“I was thinking.”“About Linda?”I closed the document. “Mostly.”He rested his forearms on the desk. “Did she say anything that upset you?”“She said she doesn’t hate me.”“That’s something.”“She also said she doesn’t know who I am anymore.”His expression changed slightly.I turned towards him. “I don’t think she was trying to insult me. S

  • Affair With My Stepfather    Mother And Daughter

    The teacup rattled softly against its saucer when I set it down, and I immediately wished I had chosen somewhere less quiet.The little teahouse near Dean Village was almost empty that afternoon. Rain had fallen earlier, leaving the narrow streets damp and the windows misted around the edges. A woman sat alone near the counter, reading a newspaper, while the owner arranged freshly baked pastries behind the glass display. Everything about the place felt warm and peaceful, which made the silence between Linda and me seem even more uncomfortable.She had arrived ten minutes before me.I had spent most of the journey wondering what I would say when I saw her. I had rehearsed different conversations in my head, imagining her anger, her disappointment, or perhaps a cold discussion about Ethan. Yet now that I was sitting opposite her, I couldn’t find a single sentence that felt right.Linda stirred her tea without adding anything to it.“Thank you for coming,” she said.“You asked to speak w

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  • Affair With My Stepfather    Unexpected Visitor

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    The house smelled the same. Familiar. That was the first thing Zara Cole noticed as she stepped through the front door — that particular combination of her mother's vanilla candles, old oak floorboards and something else that had no name but meant home in the most complicated way possible. 3 years

  • Affair With My Stepfather    CHAPTER FIVE

    The ceremony was beautiful.That was the honest truth and Zara held onto it. Her mother was radiant in ivory silk, her face open and unguarded in a way that Zara hadn't seen in years, and Zara stood beside her at the altar in deep burgundy and meant every smile she gave because Linda deserved every

  • Affair With My Stepfather    CHAPTER FOUR

    She couldn't sleep. Midnight. Zara lay on top of the covers in her childhood bedroom, still wearing her dress because she hadn't gotten around to changing and now it seemed like too much effort, staring at the ceiling with the particular stillness of someone who had stopped fighting their own thou

  • Affair With My Stepfather    CHAPTER THREE

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