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Chapter 23

Author: Anne Author
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-26 21:19:05
Kael’s POV

There are moments when control doesn’t break.

It yields.

And that was what it felt like now, standing beside her in the penthouse, the city lights below blurred into streaks of gold and white, rain streaking the glass.

I didn’t move immediately when she asked me to come closer. Instinct told me to retreat, to protect the space I had meticulously carved for myself, the fortress built from every measured step, every calculated choice. But the quiet strength in her voice the calm insistence made me pause. And then I moved.

Her hands rested lightly on my jacket as I approached. She adjusted my tie with small, deliberate movements, as if she could iron out not just the knot but every taut line of tension I carried. She didn’t pull away when I expected her to. She didn’t flinch when I shifted closer. There was an honesty in that, a quiet defiance of expectation, and it disarmed me more than confrontation ever could.

“You’re exhausted,” she murmured, soft, almost a care
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