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CHAPTER 199: Do I?

Author: Lady Sheldon
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-14 23:58:32

The air between us stilled, and I felt my chest tighten. “Please don’t say that,” I whispered before I could stop myself. “Don’t—don’t make it sound like something’s about to happen. Like we’re…”

“On borrowed time?” he finished for me, smiling faintly. It wasn’t the kind of smile that comforted you — it was the kind that broke your heart a little, because you could tell he was trying to make light of something that wasn’t light at all.

I hated that smile.

“Ethan, I’m serious,” I said, pulling back just enough to see his face properly. “Can you not talk like we’re about to walk into a battlefield?”

He studied me quietly for a few seconds, his eyes softening. Then he exhaled, almost like he was surrendering. “Alright. I won’t say it.”

“Good,” I muttered, though my heart was still pounding.

But then, instead of stepping away, he tilted his head toward the door and said, “Come on.”

I blinked. “What?”

“Follow me.”

“To the west wing? Already?”

His grin returned, a little more genuine this t
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