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Chapter 30
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2026-04-05 14:43:04Alex's POV
She had been returning my calls with silence for five days.I knew exactly why. The bar's private hallway. The dim warmth of it. Maya's back against the wall and her hands pulling at my jacket with an urgency that had undone ten years of careful professional distance in approximately thirty seconds. The way she'd looked at me, not the boardroom version, not the guarded, assessing version ...just her, fully present, every wall down simultaneously.I had held he
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