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Chapter 11: The Private Night

Author: Mercy Babe
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-03 12:22:42

Julian had left his office in darkness hours ago, his thoughts fractured, his pulse still unsteady from the way Amelia had looked at him during their confession. She hadn’t run. She hadn’t recoiled. Instead, she had lingered, eyes bright with something between terror and want. That look was still lodged in him like a thorn.

Now, his apartment was quiet, city lights spilling through the high windows. Bookshelves loomed, and his desk was cluttered with papers, but none of it mattered. He wasn’t grading, wasn’t writing, wasn’t pretending to be the composed professor anymore. He was waiting.

When the knock finally came—soft, hesitant—his chest tightened.

Julian opened the door. Amelia stood there, her hair loose, her lips parted as if she’d forgotten how to breathe. She wore no armor, no student mask, just a woman caught between fear and desire. For a long moment, they only stared.

“You came,” he said, his voice lower than he intended.

Her answer was simple. “I couldn’t stay away.”

He ste
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