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Chapter 156

Author: Feesa
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VENUS

He kissed the top of my head. “Because you’re mine. And because you deserve it. Both can be true.”

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Later, in bed, I curled into him instinctively. Spooning into his chest like a cat finding its warmest corner. His arm was heavy around me, his breath steady in my hair. My body still ached, used and wrung out, but here—in this cocoon of warmth—I felt safe.

It was in that safety that my lips betrayed me, speaking words I rarely let escape.

“I keep thinking about the cottage.”

I felt his arm stiffen slightly but he didn’t speak. He knew better. My therapist had told him not to press, not to demand, and Aaron… Aaron listened when it mattered.

So I kept going.

I knew I talked about her betrayal before but it still hurt deeply.

“When I realized my mother drugged me, I… it was worse than the cuffs, worse than Gerald’s hands. Because it meant she chose it. She chose to hand me over. Not protect me. Not even hesitate. She even sold me out to Dorian.”

My throat tightened, but the word
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