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Chapter Thirty-one: Crossing the Line They Drew

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The house felt quieter than usual that morning, but it wasn’t peace—it was distance.

Ammie moved around the kitchen slowly, making tea she barely intended to drink. Her mind was elsewhere, replaying Bianca’s words, Adrian’s silence, and the way everything had started to blur lately.

Contract. Control. Confusion.

And something else she didn’t want to name yet.

---

Adrian came downstairs later than usual.

No suit jacket.

No usual sharpness in his posture.

Just a man who looked like he hadn’t full
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