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CHAPTER EIGHTY-FIVE: The Art of Control

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last update 최신 업데이트: 2025-10-24 14:30:36

AIDEN’S POV

The city was still a bit dark when I left the house, the streets half asleep, only the hum of the car engine breaking the quietness in the neighborhood.

Carl drove with his usual precision, steady, fast, and deliberate. I leaned my head against the window, watching the skyline sharpen as we moved. My thoughts refused to stay still.

Last night kept replaying in my mind, like a film that refused to end or maybe I didn't want it to end.

Charlotte.

Flashes of her beautiful face kept displaying in my mind. The sound of her laughter, the way her breath had trembled against my skin, the look in her eyes when she said my name.

She’d looked at me as if she’d finally forgiven me for everything I’d ever done wrong, and somehow, that terrified me more than her anger ever did.

I had touched her, but not just with my hands something in me had unlocked. For years, I’d built walls, sealed myself off, buried what was human beneath layers of control and precision.

But she was changing tha
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