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Chapter 29: Brand New, Familiar Fire

Author: Marvey_pearl
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-04-23 13:36:35

A week had passed now since Damien and Isla's heated exchange and in the days that came by, neither of them had brought it up.

Not once.

But that did not mean that things had remained the same between them. The exact opposite had happened.

Like before, when they had once crossed lines and silently stepped back this time, the retreat wasn’t colored with the tension of attraction but the quiet hostility of emotional distance.

It was Isla, especially, who started to draw this line.

The leisurely meals she used to cook once in a while had immediately stopped.

The waiting up she once did for him whenever he was delayed at work was gone, too.

Now, the kitchen belonged fully to the maids again, just the way Damien supposedly preferred it.

A contract of convenience right? Nothing more.

And Isla stuck to this role with a new stony discipline.

Her movements were triangular now; wake. Dress. Work. Return. Sleep. Repeat.

No glances nor greetings.

At first, Damien acted like he didn’t notice
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