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Chapter 95

Author: LARRY BENSON
last update publish date: 2026-10-17 22:45:54

POV:CLARA

My hand clutched Carter’s, my fingers digging in so hard my knuckles were white. I couldn’t stop shaking—my arm sent all the loose macroeconomics papers shivering across the desk. Carter didn’t even flinch. He just stood there, looming over the desk with his icy blue stare locked right on me, his chest rising and falling, steady as ever.

“Clara,” he said, and there was this deep, rough edge to his voice that rumbled through his hand and right into mine. “You’re asking me to step int
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