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Chapter 23 EMMA’S SHADOW (Drake POV)

last update publish date: 2025-12-10 03:39:38

There are days when power feels like armor.

Today… it feels like a curse.

I stare at the email glowing on my screen—eight cold words from London.

“She is preparing to come home soon.”

Emma.

My past.

My mistake.

My unfinished consequence.

I close the laptop too quickly, like the message might crawl out and choke me. My jaw tenses. My fingers curl. The air in my office feels too thin, too sharp.

And then—

A soft knock.

One voice that can disarm a war in my head.

“Drake? May I come in?”

Sabrina.

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