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Chapter 24

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last update Last Updated: 2025-12-04 23:29:27

Stacy's POV

The walk to the restaurant was a strange kind of calm. I knew Clara had run to him. I knew the storm was coming. But the fire I'd felt in the coffee shop was still burning inside me, a low, steady heat. Let him try. Let him do his worst. For the first time, I wasn't dreading it. I was just... ready.

My phone buzzed in my purse. Michael's name glowed on the screen.

"Hello?"

"Stacy. I was hoping to go over those acquisition files tonight. Dinner? My treat," his voice was warm, a stark contrast to the cold dread that usually lived in my stomach. Now, it just felt like a different kind of warmth.

I could say yes. I could just go with him. The thought was so tempting it was a physical ache. "I... I can't tonight, Michael."

A pause. "Is everything alright?" I could hear the frown in his voice. "You seem... off."

"It's my husband," I said, the words tasting like ash. "He's called a... a dinner meeting."

Another silence, longer this time. I could practically hear him thinking, co
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