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Chapter 229: Tender Touches
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Regina’s POVI froze mid-sentence, chopsticks hovering above the plate as a familiar figure outside caught my eye.My father.Hurrying down the pavement.For a man like Frank Veyron, who had people for everything from opening car doors to fetching newspapers, seeing him moving briskly on foot, alone, was as jarring as thunder on a clear day.“Regina?” Lindsay tilted her head. “You okay?”I forced a smile, already reaching for my bag. “I–I just remembered something I need to handle. Don’t wait for me.”Her brow furrowed. “But–”“I’ll explain later.”Before she could protest, I slid from the booth, heart pounding, and hurried out.My father’s gray suit was a sharp beacon against the crowd. He didn’t look around. No driver, no aide trailing him. Just Frank Veyron, striding with grim purpose.I followed.He crossed at the light without hesitation, moving north. I hung back, pretending to check my phone whenever he paused. He turned right down a narrow street lined with shuttered bookstore
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Regina’s POVI stirred my soup, watching the steam curl upwards as if it might carry all my secrets away with it.The little Chinese restaurant buzzed faintly in the background, chatter from the table behind us, the clatter of plates, but none of it could drown out the weight of Lindsay’s stare.“Alright,” she said at last, leaning forward, her arms folded on the table. “You better start now Regina or else you’ll never get to it. I know whatever it is has been weighing you down, so spit it out. Whatever it is, I’ll take it in stride.”My chest tightened. I had promised myself I wouldn’t drag her deeper into this, but she’d already been dragged. Maybe honesty was all that was left.I took a deep breath. “It started when I noticed Frederick was… off. He’d been on his phone one night during dinner, deleting messages. His face would go hard whenever a certain notification came in. At first, I told myself it was stress from work. But then…” I swallowed, the memory still bitter. “I saw him
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Regina’s POVThe moment I stepped out of Maxwell’s room last night, my mother’s face was the last thing I expected to see.Her hand was raised in a knock at my own door, her brows knit with concern. And me… looking a mess.My lips bitten, my cheeks red, my gown loosened where his lips had trailed up. Shame flushed through me like fire.I couldn’t speak. Couldn’t explain.“Mother…” I whispered, breathless. “It’s late. Please, let’s…let’s talk in the morning.”Her eyes lingered on me, sharp and knowing, but she nodded once and let her hand fall. I escaped into my room before the weight of her stare could crush me further.Sleep, of course, did not come easily. My body trembled with the memory of Maxwell’s lips against my skin.My mind replayed the way he whispered my name, the gentleness in his touch. The very same hands that had caused me so much heartbreak in the past had also brought me comfort, warmth. Highs and lows in equal measure.When slumber finally claimed me, it betrayed me.
After I Died, He Truly Panicked Chapter 229: Tender Touches
Regina’s POVI told myself a hundred different lies as I walked around my room, going through the motions of getting ready for bed.That the only reason I felt so restless was because of the storm outside, the way the thunder still echoed through the corridors.That the heat crawling up my chest had nothing to do with the fact Maxwell was on the other side of this wall.That I wasn’t aware of every single sound that might’ve come from his room, even though I swore I wasn’t listening.But I was.I stood in front of the mirror, brushing out my hair, trying to calm the nerves jumping beneath my skin. My nightgown, a soft silk slip in pale ivory, clung to me in ways that felt almost indecent under my own gaze.The neckline dipped lower than I would’ve chosen if I’d thought anyone might see, and the hem brushed against the tops of my thighs, whispering across bare skin.It should’ve been comfortable. It should’ve been just another piece of nightwear. But tonight it felt like something else
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