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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO: The Unbroken Thread

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Emma’s POV

The silence in the apartment after the door closes is heavy, thick, and suffocating.

I sit on the edge of the velvet sofa, holding the ribbon-tied leather folder against my ribs. My pulse is still erratic, hammering in my throat like a trapped bird, every nerve ending in my skin burning with the phantom residual heat of his presence.

He didn't ask for a hug. He didn't ask to stay. He didn't drop to his knees before me to beg for a second chance. He came only to hand over the irrecove
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