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Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Unveiling
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Brushstrokes of the unseen Chapter 43: The Morning After
Sophia prided herself on precision — her days carved into neat blocks of time, every hour accounted for, every task slotted like gears in a well-oiled machine.But today, nothing is fit.Her meetings blurred together, the voices of her board members tinny and distant over the conference table. She nodded at the right moments, clicked through presentations, signed off on proposals — yet all the while, the echo of Alex’s voice lingered, threading through her thoughts like a song she couldn’t turn off.“Are we aligned, Sophia?” one of her senior managers asked, breaking her trance.She blinked, forcing her focus back. “Yes. Move forward with the budget revisions. Send me the final draft tonight.”Her tone was steady, commanding — but her pulse was not.The moment the meeting ended, she shut her laptop and leaned back in her chair, exhaling a breath she hadn’t realized she was holding.Her phone buzzed again. Alex.
Brushstrokes of the unseen Chapter 42: Splintered Days
Sophia arrived at her office before dawn, long before anyone else filled the glass corridors with their footsteps and polite greetings. The city was still waking, but she had already submerged herself in work, her laptop glowing like a shield between her and the chaos in her chest.Her calendar was stacked—meetings with investors, strategy calls with overseas partners, and presentations that demanded precision. And she threw herself into each task with ruthless efficiency, as though sheer momentum could erase the weight of the night before.But every so often, her mind betrayed her.Her pen would still mid-sentence, her thoughts drifting back to the feel of Alex’s hand against her back, steady and grounding. Or the way he had looked at her when he said don’t make me carry it alone. His eyes had burned into her, soft but unyielding, and she hated how much they lingered in the spaces she was trying to close off.She shook the memory away, forci
Brushstrokes of the unseen Chapter 41: The Morning After
Sunlight crept into the room, spilling across tangled sheets and bare skin. It was soft, almost forgiving, painting the scene as something tender—yet beneath the glow, Sophia felt the weight of reality pressing down.She blinked awake slowly, her body heavy with exhaustion but still humming from the night before. For a moment, she allowed herself the indulgence of peace, of warmth, of Alex’s arm draped loosely across her waist. His chest rose and fell against her back, steady and sure, and she closed her eyes, pretending. Pretending they were just two people who belonged like this.But pretending never lasted.Her mind, always sharp, always racing, began to tick. This wasn’t supposed to happen. Not here. Not like this. She could almost hear her mother’s voice, could already imagine the whispers if anyone found out.And then Alex stirred behind her. His breath shifted, his hand twitched against her side, and she knew he was awake, too. She ten
Brushstrokes of the unseen Chapter 40: Unravelled
The air was thick with silence after their lips broke apart, but the echo of the kiss still pulsed between them, vibrating in every shaky breath.Sophia’s hands lingered on Alex’s chest, fingers flexing as if she wasn’t sure whether to pull him closer again or shove him away. Her body screamed for one choice; her mind whispered the other.Alex’s jaw was tight, his breath uneven, his eyes locked on hers like he was memorizing the shape of her, the taste, the danger. For the first time, his composure looked broken, like the careful armour he’d worn for so long had finally split wide open.“Tell me this was a mistake,” he rasped, but even as the words left him, his hand brushed her cheek again, betraying him.Sophia’s throat felt dry. “You don’t want me to.”The truth of it sat heavy, undeniable. They had stepped past the edge, and no excuse, no denial could change that now.Alex stepped back finally, like distance might save t
Brushstrokes of the unseen Chapter 39: Crossed Lines
The next morning, Sophia woke with the weight of last night still pressing on her chest. Her phone was on the nightstand, its screen dark and silent now, but she couldn’t shake the memory of the words glowing against it.I’d want that too.It looped in her head, pulling her in two directions—terror and desire, fear and relief. She had given him a piece of her truth, and instead of recoiling, he had met her there. That single admission changed everything.Her morning routine blurred. Coffee went cold on her desk, unread emails piled up, meetings passed like background noise. All she could feel was the echo of him, the possibility of what they had almost said but not done.By the afternoon, her phone buzzed again. His name on the screen froze her in place. She stared at it, willing herself not to answer, yet unable to let it go.Finally, she swiped.“Hello,” she said, her voice careful.“Hi.” His tone was low, hesitan
Brushstrokes of the unseen Chapter 38: The Silence Between
Sophia hadn’t slept.She had spent most of the night pacing her penthouse, each room feeling both too big and suffocatingly small. Every reflection she caught of herself in the tall windows reminded her of his eyes—how they had burned into her, how his lips had felt against hers, how close they had come to stepping over a line that could never be undone.She brewed coffee, she didn’t drink, and opened emails she didn’t read. She told herself that work would fix this, that the structure of her empire would drown out the chaos Alex had stirred inside her.But when she slipped into her black suit and fastened the pearl studs at her ears, her hands trembled. For the first time in years, she didn’t feel like armour could save her.By the time her car dropped her at the glass-and-steel tower of her company, the city was already alive, rushing, oblivious. Sophia moved through the lobby with her usual grace, heels clicking sharply, expression compose
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