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You’re testing my patience, Cass.

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Cassidy's POV

“Leave the pearls your mother gave you,” he said quietly, his eyes meeting mine. There was no anger there, just a quiet intensity.

I looked up at him, searching his face. The pearls were a “gift” from her last birthday—real South Sea ones, exorbitantly expensive, but tainted by her lectures on “proper appearances.” “Why?”

“I’ll buy you new ones,” he replied, his thumb brushing the inside of my wrist in a soothing circle. “Ones she’s never touched. Ones that are just yours. Ours.”

Something cracked open inside my chest—a raw, aching vulnerability. I nodded, leaving the pearls on the dresser without a second glance. They gleamed mockingly in the sunlight, but I felt lighter without them.

We worked in charged silence for a while after that. He didn’t help directly—he just watched, the weight of his attention making every movement feel erotic, deliberate. When I bent over to pull a pair of strappy heels from the lower rack of my closet, I heard his sharp inhale behind me, f
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