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Author: Dark Pen
last update publish date: 2025-12-07 23:19:09

STELLA

When I stepped off the plane, the weight of the air hit me first, heavy and warm, and I didn’t even bother letting myself settle before reaching for my phone. I already had Devin’s message typed out halfway through the descent because there was no point in pretending. I always sent the same thing every time I came back from any trip, whether it was two days or two weeks. It didn’t matter. Nothing about this marriage felt real enough to change routine.

I hit send on the text.

“Just landed
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    Epilogue. Both men stare at each other for a long time trying to figure out if there was anything that they needed to say but it seemed like everything had already been spoken off. In fact there was only one thing that had been remaining for the both of them to be able to talk about which was the fact that they were going to be a lot of mistakes and corrections that needed to be made if they were going to be truthful to themselves but it's seemed like the more they kept arguing the more things became even harder. For some reason, Aiden had finally decided that he was going to have peace without looking over his shoulders or trying to figure out if anything was wrong with him all along and how far he could take before he finally found a better idea that was not going to make him almost run mad. He had too many people who had a really decided to Wait by him trying to figure out if they could make things better but he had chosen one person. Devin walked out of the gym with his backp

  • Appealing To His Gaze    Chapter 192

    Devin POV As soon as we concluded with those people I was sure that there was nothing else that was left for us to deal with besides just making sure that we just enjoyed the entire process. I had never been given such a genuine check in my entire life and it was cool to see that I did not have anything to worry about anymore. Aiden and I were going to find a way to balance this company and make sure that they don't come between us our relationship. "How we were able to negotiate for certain amount of money is crazyyyy!" I exclaimed as soon as we entered he spent penthouse. There were a whole lot of things that needed to be put into perspective and the fact that he was willing to stick around even though I behaved as if I didn't want him close to me was something that I was never going to forget. In fact I have been very particular about making sure that I am not crossing any major lines. I just wanted to see that everything was completely dealt with and that we did not have too

  • Appealing To His Gaze    Chapter 191

    Devin POV Aiden hated being put on the spot no matter who was involved. In fact it was one of the things that made him even more endearing to me. Nobody was ever going to make him feel like he was trying to get his hands on another person's properties. He was too proud for that. Instead of that he was going to look for a solution that was going to be better for him and anyone involved instead of just fighting for something that he considered trivial. "He's not going to be interested in whatever position you want to give to him and that's one of the reasons I'm comfortable with him being here." I remarked. He wasn't that kind of a person so I was not going to allow anyone try to make him feel less of himself or try to do anything that was going to make me even angry at accepting whatever treatment was about to be thrown at him. I was the one who was concerned with a lot of baggage and I was going to make it as light as possible so that we did not fight over the most stupid thing

  • Appealing To His Gaze    Chapter 190

    Aiden POV As if I knew that this was going to turn into something more of an argument than both of us strength to understand each other I decided to act like a fool so that the both of us did not have any thing to worry about. I was also concerned about the fact that there was going to be a whole lot of listening party is that was not going to make this easy for me For him this was one of those things that he could readily deal with but for me it was something of a vulnerability point of view and I didn't think that I wanted to allow myself to be that lenient with anyone who decided to come in contact with me. I just wanted to become one of those people who did not have anything to worry about and for now it seemed as if there was going to be something difficult for us to handle and I was looking for ways to make sure that I did not remain in that space. The meeting began and even though I didn't think that it was going to yield anything seriously I was pleasantly surprised when

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    Devin POV "Wait," his commanding voice sent shivers through my spine and I found myself turning instinctively even though I had promised myself that I wanted absolutely nothing to do with this man."I didn't know that you were supposed to meet up with me. Why didn't you use your regular business name and why did you try to change things around? It is almost as if you're just trying to act crazy and I don't think I like it." Aiden responded to me. From what I was hearing right now it was almost as if he knew exactly who I was coming to meet and he was trying to act like he didn't and as much as that would have been romantic to a lot of people it was irritating to me. "I don't think you understand that I'm not in the mood for all of this shenanigans and if you have anything tangible to say you could go ahead and say it instead of trying to beat around the bush and act like everyone here is completely daft. I came here simply because somebody invited me and I have been speaking to thi

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    Aiden POV Visiting the press members isn't as easy as I thought it would be. In fact, I think that I've been able to step on the tails of a lot of people instead of bringing back what I shouldn't be doing. I have succeeded in making everybody realize that there is only one mistake that needs to b

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  • Appealing To His Gaze    65

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    ADRIEN’S POVI didn’t even bother knocking. The front door was open, and my sister’s voice had sounded weird on the phone so awkwardly shaky nearly damn desperate so I just walked in. The house was quiet. When I stepped into the living room and saw him standing there, I froze as lines of frowns mar

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