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CHAPTER 46: TOO CLOSE TO GO BACK

last update publish date: 2026-02-13 20:07:14

He took the stairs two at a time.

Not dignified.

Not controlled.

Not the man who owned boardrooms and bent meetings to his will.

Just a man afraid the woman upstairs might change her mind.

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“Cathy?”

His voice carried through the hallway.

Open. Vulnerable.

It did something to her heart she wasn’t prepared for.

---

“I’m here,” she answered.

And suddenly she wasn’t sure if she meant in the house or still with you.

---

He reached the top step and stopped.

There she was.

Waiting.

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