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Chapter 104

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The silence between them didn’t break.

It shifted.

Subtly.

Like something invisible had moved closer without either of them noticing.

They were still standing outside her building.

Still facing each other.

Still suspended in that fragile space where one word could change everything.

Elena was the first to move.

Not away.

Not forward.

Just
 a breath.

A slow inhale that steadied the chaos inside her chest.

“You can’t keep standing here like this,” she said softly.

His lips curved slightly.

“Like
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