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Chapter 166

작가: Erika Lana Bell
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Leon’s POV.

Scarlett was asleep on her side, curled slightly toward the edge of my bed as if trying to take up the smallest possible space. The blanket had slipped halfway off her shoulder. Even in sleep, her brows were pinched together, her breathing uneven—like she’d carried tonight’s fear into her dreams.

I moved quietly across the room and pulled the blanket higher, tucking it gently around her. For a moment, I just stood there, watching the rise and fall of her chest, the faint movement of her lips when she exhaled.

It hit me then how close I’d come to losing her tonight. Not in the physical sense, thank goodness, but in trust.

She was terrified, and for good reason.

Someone had been inside this house. Inside the nursery. The one room I swore would be the safest place on earth.

The security lights outside flickered faintly through the curtains. I’d ordered the security guards to double their rounds, but even that didn’t feel like enough. Someone had walked across that nursery flo
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