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Dinner part 1

Author: Bea Baum
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-25 03:03:09

BRYNN POV

I sit for a while, staring out over the water. The last of my wine warms my throat before I set the glass aside and move toward the boat.

Lately, my thoughts keep circling the same end.

My death.

Since the wedding, I’ve known it was coming. Maybe not today. Maybe not soon. But it’s inevitable. Wives in our world don’t survive long—not ones who fall in love with men like Vex Maddock. He can try to stop it, but fate always finds a way. I’ll die at the hands of a crime lord. That’s how stories like mine end.

The boat rocks gently in the hush that stretches between us.

Vex stands at the bow, back rigid, staring into the endless blue. Dried blood clings to his hand, but he doesn’t move to clean it. The captain murmurs something in Greek. Vex answers without looking up.

The engines rumble to life.

“We’re returning to the villa,” he says, his tone clipped, professional—every trace of emotion buried deep.

As the boat turns toward home, our eyes meet across the deck. For a h
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